Beschreibung:
This book documents the primary role of acute hunger (semi- and frank starvation) in the 'fulminant' malaria epidemics that repeatedly afflicted the northwest plains of British India through the first half of colonial rule.
1. Introduction PART I. Epidemic Malaria in Punjab: The Rain-'Scarcity' Model 2. Malaria in the Punjab (1911) 3. Theoretical and Methodological Issues 4. Testing the Rain-Price Epidemic Model 5. Outliers to the Rain-Price Epidemic Model 6. Mechanisms of 'Intense' Malaria PART II. Colonial Malaria Control: Policy and Practice 7. Pre-1909 Malaria Policy 8. The 'Human Factor' Articulated 9. Post-Simla: Malaria Control in Practice PART III. Shifts in Food Security, 1868-1947 10. Relief of 'Established' Famine: 1880-1900 11. The Shift to Famine Prevention 12. Acute Hunger and Malaria Lethality: 'Test' Cases Post-1940 13. Conclusion. Appendix. Bibliography