Pandemic India : from cholera to Covid-19 /
Covid-19 has given renewed and urgent attention to the idea of a pandemic as a devastating and recurrent global phenomenon. Today the term is freely and widely used - but, in reality, it has a long and contested history, centering in particular on South Asia. 'Pandemic India' is an innovat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Covid-19 has given renewed and urgent attention to the idea of a pandemic as a devastating and recurrent global phenomenon. Today the term is freely and widely used - but, in reality, it has a long and contested history, centering in particular on South Asia. 'Pandemic India' is an innovative and wide-ranging enquiry into the emergence of the pandemic idea and the changing meaning of pandemics, exploring the pivotal role played by - or assigned to - India over the past 200 years. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197683484 0197683487 9780197659625 0197659624 |