Climates and Constitutions: Health, Race, Environment and British Imperialism in India 1600-1850

by Mark Harrison

This is the first major 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, considers European strategies for coping with Indian climate, and
explains the emergence of modern concepts of race.

Genres: Nonfiction

278 pages, Paperback

First published March 23, 2000

About the author

Mark Harrison is professor of the history of medicine and director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford. His books include Medicine and Victory: British Military Medicine in the Second World War and The Medical War: British Military Medicine in the First World War, for each of which he was awarded the Templer Medal. He lives in Oxford, UK.

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