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Climates and Constitutions: Health, Race, Environment and British Imperialism in India 1600-1850
Climates and Constitutions Health Race Environment and British Imperialism in India 16001850
Author: Mark Harrison
The first major study of European attitudes towards India's climate and their bearing on imperial expansion. This book shows how growing fears about racial degeneration led to the abandonment of plans for white colonization and considers European strategies for coping with Indian climate and explains the emergence of modern concepts of race.
ISBN-13: 9780195646573
ISBN-10: 0195646576
Publication Date: 3/23/2000
Pages: 280
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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