Epidemics, Empire, and Environments by Michael Zeheter
Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge against human populations. Practitioners had little success in mitigating the symptoms of the disease, and its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role in the sites where outbreaks occurred. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. The colonial state in Quebec aimed to emulate British precedent and develop similar institutions that allowed authorities to prevent cholera by imposing quarantines and controlling the disease through comprehensive change to the urban environment and sanitary improvements. In Madras, however, the provincial government sought to exploit the colony for profit and was reluctant to commit its resources to measures against cholera that would alienate the city's inhabitants. It was only in 1857, after concern rose in Britain over the health of its troops in India, that a civilizing mission of sanitary improvement was begun. As Zeheter shows, complex political and economic factors came to bear on the reshaping of each colony's environment and the urgency placed on disease control.-
Garbage In The Cities
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Paris After Haussmann
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City of Lake and Prairie
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The Lung Block
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Grounding Berlin
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Krakow
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Urban Infrastructure
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Weeds
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Energy Capitals
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Germany's Urban Frontiers
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A Negotiated Landscape
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Energy Metropolis
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A Mighty Capital under Threat
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Land of Sunshine
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Refining Nature
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The Age of Smoke
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Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability
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Urban Rivers
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Motor City Green
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Power on the Hudson
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Effluent America
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On The Border
[Zeheter's] work deserves to be regarded as a serious contribution to the wider fields of imperial medicine and imperial administration
Michael Zeheter is a research associate and lecturer in the department of history at the University of Trier.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822968849 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822968843 |
| Title | Epidemics, Empire, and Environments |
| Author | Michael Zeheter |
| Series | History Of The Urban Environment |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Year published | 2026-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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