Climates & constitutions : health, race, environment and British imperialism in India 1600-1850

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Climates & constitutions : health, race, environment and British imperialism in India 1600-1850

Mark Harrison

Oxford University Press, c1999

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Climates and constitutions

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Bibliography: p. [225]-254

Includes index

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This is a study of European attitudes towards India's climate and their bearing on imperial expansion. It shows how growing fears about racial degeneration led to the abandonment of plans for white colonization and considers European strategies for coping with Indian climate, and explains the emergence of modern concepts of race.

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