Animal labor and colonial warfare
Hevia, James Louis (1947-....)
Animal labor and colonial warfare [Texte imprimé] / James L. Hevia - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, cop. 2018 - 1 vol. (328 p.) ; 23 cm
Bibliogr. p. [299]-316
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 -- 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 Prologue to part 1: Prologue to part 2:
978-0-226-56214-8
355.424095409034
Animal labor and colonial warfare [Texte imprimé] / James L. Hevia - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, cop. 2018 - 1 vol. (328 p.) ; 23 cm
Bibliogr. p. [299]-316
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 -- 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 Prologue to part 1: Prologue to part 2:
978-0-226-56214-8
355.424095409034