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Animal labor and colonial warfare

Title

Animal labor and colonial warfare / James L. Hevia.

Author

Hevia, James Louis, 1947-

Publication

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
©2018

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Description

xiv, 328 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index.

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.

ISBN

9780226562148
022656214X
9780226562285
022656228X
9780226562315 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017054498

OCLC

on1013509029
SCSB-9199616

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library