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Climates and Constitutions: Health, Race, Environment and British Imperialism in India, 1600-1850 (Oxford India Paperbacks): Health, Race, Environment ... India, 1600-1850 (Oxford India Paperbacks) (Paperback)
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Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (29 Aug 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0195661281
ISBN-13: 978-0195661286
Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm
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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 970,586 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the first major study of European attitudes towards India's climate and their bearing on imperial expansion showing how growing fears about racial degeneration led to abandoning plans for white colonisation. It also explains the emergence of modern concepts of race.

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A major study of European attitudes towards India's climate and their bearing on imperial expansion showing how growing fears about racial degeneration led to abandoning plans for white colonisation. It also explains the emergence of modern concepts of race.