Harrison, Mark

Climate and constitutions: health, race, environment and British imperialism in India, 1600-1850/ Mark Harrison - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. - xii, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Introduction: Health, Race, Environment and British Imperialism --
1. Early Encounters, c.1600-1750 --
2. Conquest and Colonization, 1750-1830 --
3. Climate, Topography, and the Debate Over Colonization, c.1820-1860 --
4. Epidemics and the Ideology of Improvement, 1800-1860 --
5. Epilogue: The Decline and Renaissance of Climatic Determinism.

9780195646573


Medical climatology
Imperialism
Social medicine
British colonies
Climatology--Social aspects

325.3 / HAR/C