Climates and constitutions -  Mark Harrison

Health, race, environment and British imperialism in India 1600-1850

KORTE INHOUD

This is the first major study of European attitudes towards India's climate, and their bearing on imperial expansion. It shows how growing fears about racial degeneration led to the abandonment of plans for white colonization, considers European strategies for coping with Indian climate, and
explains the emergence of modern concepts of race.

1999 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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non-fictiegeschiedenismoderne tijd (1500 - heden)

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1999 Uitgever: Oxford university press 264 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0195661281 ISBN-13: 9780195661286