Animal labor and colonial warfare [Texte imprimé] / James L. Hevia

Bibliogr. p. [299]-316

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