- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Uniform Title
- Animal labor and colonial warfare (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Animal labor and colonial warfare (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Prologue to part 1: Warfare and logistics in Saharasia -- "Slayer of camels": the Second Afghan War and pack animal "wastage" -- The browsing camel and the edible "wasteland": the north-west frontier of British India and the Punjab environment -- Jackasses for India: transport reform and the global traffic in mules -- Veterinary science and the partial rehabilitation of the camel -- Frontier warfare and the persistence of impressment -- Prologue to part 2: Colonial transformations -- Indian army reform and the creation of a permanent transport establishment -- Animal management, canal colonization, and the ecological transformation of the Punjab -- Surra and the emergence of tropical veterinary medicine in colonial India -- The Great War and its aftermath -- Colonial legacies: the state, water, Surra, and camels.
- LCCN
- 2017054498
- OCLC
- ssj0002032880
- Author
Hevia, James Louis, 1947-
- Title
Animal labor and colonial warfare [electronic resource] / James L. Hevia.
- Imprint
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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