Toxic histories : poison and pollution in modern India / David Arnold.
Series: Science in historyPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.Description: ix, 241 pISBN:- 9781107126978
- 615.950 954 Q6
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615.9 R1 Nanotoxicology in humans and the environment/ | 615.902 N4 Indoor air pollution: | 615.925 715 Q1 Biological chemistry of arsenic, antimony and bismuth / | 615.950 954 Q6 Toxic histories : | 615.952 93 Q5 Salmonella infections, networks of knowledge, and public health in Britain, 1880-1975 / | 615.952 93 Q8 Foodborne microbial pathogens/ | 616 L6 Medical emergencies, diagnosis and management |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-236) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: poison traces; 1. The social life of poisons; 2. The imperial pharmakon; 3. Panics and scares; 4. Toxic evidence; 5. Intimate histories; 6. Embracing toxicity; 7. Polluted places, poisoned lives; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
"Toxic Histories combines social, scientific, medical and environmental history to demonstrate the critical importance of poison and pollution to colonial governance, scientific authority and public anxiety in India between the 1830s and 1950s. Against the background of India's 'poison culture' and periodic 'poison panics', David Arnold considers why many familiar substances came to be regarded under colonialism as dangerous poisons. As well as the criminal uses of poison, Toxic Histories shows how European and Indian scientists were instrumental in creating a distinctive system of forensic toxicology and medical jurisprudence designed for Indian needs and conditions, and how local as well as universal poison knowledge could serve constructive scientific and medical purposes. Arnold reflects on how the 'fear of a poisoned world' spilt over into concerns about contamination and pollution, giving ideas of toxicity a wider social and political significance that has continued into India's postcolonial era"--
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