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020			_a9780822981046
020			_a0822981041
020			_z9780822944461 (hardback)
020			_z0822944618
035			_a(OCoLC)934609274
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050	0	0	_aRC134.I3 _bZ44 2015
100	1		_aZeheter, Michael.
245	1	0	_aEpidemics, empire, and environments _h[electronic resource] : _bcholera in Madras and Quebec City, 1818-1910 / _cMichael Zeheter.
260			_aPittsburgh, PA : _bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, _c[2015] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm.)
336			_atext _btxt
337			_acomputer _bc
338			_aonline resource _bcr
490	0		_aHistory of the urban environment
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. He examines the complex political and economic factors that came to bear on the reshaping of each colony's environment and the urgency placed on disease control"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge against human populations. Practitioners had little success in mitigating the symptoms of the disease, and its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role in the sites where outbreaks occurred. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. The colonial state in Quebec aimed to emulate British precedent and develop similar institutions that allowed authorities to prevent cholera by imposing quarantines and controlling the disease through comprehensive change to the urban environment and sanitary improvements. In Madras, however, the provincial government sought to exploit the colony for profit and was reluctant to commit its resources to measures against cholera that would alienate the city's inhabitants. It was only in 1857, after concern rose in Britain over the health of its troops in India, that a civilizing mission of sanitary improvement was begun. As Zeheter shows, complex political and economic factors came to bear on the reshaping of each colony's environment and the urgency placed on disease control"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aCholera _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aEpidemics _zCanada.
650		0	_aEpidemics _zIndia.
650		0	_aCholera _zCanada _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aCholera _zIndia _xHistory _y19th century.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780822981046/
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 History
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
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