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Empire and leprosy in colonial Bengal / Apalak Das.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Das, Apalak, 1991- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leprosy--India--Bengal--History.
- Leprosy.
- Medical policy--India--Bengal.
- Medical policy.
- Leprosy in literature.
- Bengal (India)--History.
- Bengal (India).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Apalak Das is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Rani Birla Girls' College under Calcutta University, India. He did his PhD from the Department of History, Jadavpur University on Leprosy in Bengal in 2022. His research looks broadly at the social history of medicine in colonial India. He was also a former Research Fellow of the History of Medicine Fellowship at the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, for a two-year term, 2017-2019.
- Contents:
- Colonialism, legislation and leprosy : Bengal and empire
- Objectifying 'lepers', constructing identity : missionaries and colonial care in the leper asylums of Bengal
- Empire and institution : leprosy research in the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM)
- Nationalizing disease : 'kustha cikitsha' and 'kustha rogi' in Bengali newspapers and health periodicals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 20, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Das, Apalak, 1991- Empire and leprosy in colonial Bengal
- ISBN:
- 9781003459439
- 1003459439
- 9781003862208
- 1003862209
- 9781003862246
- 1003862241
- Publisher Number:
- 40032330748
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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