Meat, mercy, morality : animals and humanitarianism in colonial Bengal, 1850-1920

This work disentangles complex discourses around humanitarianism to understand the nature of British colonialism in India. It contends that the colonial project of animal protection in late nineteenth-century Bengal mirrored an irony. Emerging notions of public health and debates on cruelty against...

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1. Verfasser:	Samanta, Samiparna (VerfasserIn)
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2021
Ausgabe:	First edition.
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:	Oxford scholarship online
Schlagworte:	Animal welfare Animals as carriers of disease Humanitarianism
Umfang:	1 online resource (288 pages)