Animal labor and colonial warfare

• Verfasst von: Hevia, James Louis [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Animal labor and colonial warfare
• Verf.angabe: James L. Hevia
• Verlagsort: Chicago ; London
• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• E-Jahr: 2018
• Jahr: [2018]
• Umfang: xiv, 328 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-226-56214-8
• ISBN: 9780226562315
• ISBN: 0-226-56214-X
• ISBN: 978-0-226-56228-5
• ISBN: 0-226-56228-X
• Schlagwörter: (g)Großbritannien / (s)Kolonie / (s)Krieg / (s)Arbeitstiere / (z)Geschichte
• Schlagwörter: (g)Britisch-Indien / (s)Krieg / (s)Arbeitstiere
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 164107065X

Abstract

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