Sickness and the State Health and Illness in Colonial Malaya, 18701940 [Paperback]

This 1996 book is a history of health and disease in Malaya from colonisation to World War II.This unique book is a history of health, disease and its prevention in Malaya under colonial rule. With insight and clarity, it explores the relationships between biology, environment, population and the structures of the state. The book emphasises the role of medicine in legitimating colonialism and shows that the ill-health of populations was related to the political and social climate. The book integrates history, medical and social theory to offer a compelling account of disease and changing health status under colonialism.This unique book is a history of health, disease and its prevention in Malaya under colonial rule. With insight and clarity, it explores the relationships between biology, environment, population and the structures of the state. The book emphasises the role of medicine in legitimating colonialism and shows that the ill-health of populations was related to the political and social climate. The book integrates history, medical and social theory to offer a compelling account of disease and changing health status under colonialism.This unique book is a history of health, disease and its prevention in Malaya under colonial rule. With insight and clarity, it explores the relationships among biology, environment, population and the structures of the state. The book emphasizes the role of medicine in legitimizing colonialism and shows that the ill health of populations was related to the political and social climate. The book integrates history, medical and social theory to offer a compelling account of disease and changing health status under colonialism.1. Introduction: imposing the Empire; 2. State statistics and corporeal reality: problems of epidemiology and evidence; 3. Biology, medical ideas and the social context of illness; 4. Public health and the pathogenic city; 5. Sickness and the world of work: the men on the estates; 6. Brothel politics andlÓ>