Animal labor and colonial warfare /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hevia, James Louis, 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:	India. > Army > Transportation. India. > Army > Environmental aspects. Pack animals (Transportation) > India > History > 19th century. Camels > India > History > 19th century. Donkeys > India > History > 19th century. Pack transportation > India > History > 19th century. Transportation, Military > India > History > 19th century. India > Politics and government > 1857-1919. Afghan Wars > Environmental aspects > India.

Table of Contents:

Prologue to part 1: Warfare and logistics in Saharasia
"Slayer of camels": the Second Afghan War and pack animal "wastage"
The browsing camel and the edible "wasteland": the North-West Frontier of British India and the Punjab environment
Jackasses for India: transport reform and the global traffic in mules
Veterinary science and the partial rehabilitation of the camel
Frontier warfare and the persistence of impressment
Prologue to part 2: Colonial transformations
Indian Army reform and the creation of a permanent transport establishment
Animal management, canal colonization, and the ecological transformation of the Punjab
Surra and the emergence of tropical veterinary medicine in colonial India
The Great War and its aftermath
Colonial legacies: the state, water, Surra, and camels.