Maternal mortality and the state in British India, c. 1840-c. 1920

This thesis investigates the role of the British colonial state in India in moves to combat maternal mortality and to spread western methods of midwifery among the Indian population. The first part of the thesis concentrates on the Madras Presidency, where the provincial government took a pioneering...

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Main Author: Lang, Seán Francis
Published: Anglia Ruskin University 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442161