Info
Vice in the Barracks [[electronic resource] ] : Medicine, the Military and the Making of Colonial India, 1780-1868 / / by E. Wald
| Vice in the Barracks [[electronic resource] ] : Medicine, the Military and the Making of Colonial India, 1780-1868 / / by E. Wald |
| Autore | Wald E |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 954.031 |
| Collana | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism
Great Britain—History Social history History International relations Asia—History Imperialism and Colonialism History of Britain and Ireland Social History History of Science International Relations History of South Asia |
| ISBN | 1-137-27099-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration, Currency and Military Ranks; Map; Introduction; Unpicking the Contagious Diseases Acts; Approaches to the European soldier; (Re)Shaping Indian health and society; Organisation and structure; 1 The East India Company, the Army and Indian Society; The East India Company and its army; Begums and Bibis; The re-construction of the ''prostitute''; Conclusion; 2 Regulating the Body: Experiments in Venereal Disease Control, 1797-1831; Medical conceptions of venereal disease
Early experimentation with lock hospitals and regulationBalancing the budget: the costs of regulation; ''Martyrs to the effects of their licentiousness'': morality and disease; Excuses, solutions and the production of racial and cultural stereotypes; Conclusion; 3 Medicine and Disease in the ''Age of Reform''; Surgeons and administrators in the Age of ''Reform''; Essays, societies and journals; The 1831 Bengal Medical Board circular on venereal disease; Journals and venereal disease; Conclusion; 4 The Body of the Soldier and Space of the Cantonment; Intemperance and the soldier Military and medical descriptions of the European soldierCanteen and cantonment: medical theories and proposals for military spaces; Ordering the cantonment: military and government regulations; Disorderly European women; Courts martial and punishment; Disgraceful and unbecoming conduct; Conclusion; 5 ''Unofficial'' Responses to Lock Hospital Closure, 1835-1868; Responses to the closure of lock hospitals in the 1830s; The dispensary and charity hospital; Working around the abolition; Wars and sanitary commissions; Conclusion; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787959703321 |
Wald E
|
||
| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Vice in the Barracks : Medicine, the Military and the Making of Colonial India, 1780-1868 / / by E. Wald
| Vice in the Barracks : Medicine, the Military and the Making of Colonial India, 1780-1868 / / by E. Wald |
| Autore | Wald E |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 954.031 |
| Collana | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism
Great Britain - History Social history Science - History International relations Asia - History Imperialism and Colonialism History of Britain and Ireland Social History History of Science International Relations History of South Asia |
| ISBN |
9781137270993
1137270993 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration, Currency and Military Ranks; Map; Introduction; Unpicking the Contagious Diseases Acts; Approaches to the European soldier; (Re)Shaping Indian health and society; Organisation and structure; 1 The East India Company, the Army and Indian Society; The East India Company and its army; Begums and Bibis; The re-construction of the ''prostitute''; Conclusion; 2 Regulating the Body: Experiments in Venereal Disease Control, 1797-1831; Medical conceptions of venereal disease
Early experimentation with lock hospitals and regulationBalancing the budget: the costs of regulation; ''Martyrs to the effects of their licentiousness'': morality and disease; Excuses, solutions and the production of racial and cultural stereotypes; Conclusion; 3 Medicine and Disease in the ''Age of Reform''; Surgeons and administrators in the Age of ''Reform''; Essays, societies and journals; The 1831 Bengal Medical Board circular on venereal disease; Journals and venereal disease; Conclusion; 4 The Body of the Soldier and Space of the Cantonment; Intemperance and the soldier Military and medical descriptions of the European soldierCanteen and cantonment: medical theories and proposals for military spaces; Ordering the cantonment: military and government regulations; Disorderly European women; Courts martial and punishment; Disgraceful and unbecoming conduct; Conclusion; 5 ''Unofficial'' Responses to Lock Hospital Closure, 1835-1868; Responses to the closure of lock hospitals in the 1830s; The dispensary and charity hospital; Working around the abolition; Wars and sanitary commissions; Conclusion; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910964963103321 |
|
Wald E
|
||
| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||