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020			_a9781107126978
020			_a9781107565739
020			_a9781316634967
041			_aEnglish
082	0	0	_a615.950 _223 _bARN
100	1		_aArnold, David.
245	1	0	_aToxic histories : _bpoison and pollution in modern India / _cDavid Arnold, University of Warwick.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2016.
300			_aix, 241 pages ; _c24 cm.
440			_aScience in History.
505	8		_t1. The social life of poisons _t2. The imperial pharmakon _t3. Panics and scares _t4. Toxic evidence _t5. Intimate histories _t6. Embracing toxicity _t7. Polluted places, poisoned lives
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aToxins
942			_2ddc _cBOOKS
490	0		_aScience in history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 212-236) and index.
650		0	_zIndia _xHistory.
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811071/26978/cover/9781107126978.jpg
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