This is a study of European attitudes towards India's climate and their bearing on imperial expansion. It shows how growing fears about racial degeneration led to the abandonment of plans for white colonization and considers European strategies for coping with Indian climate, and explains the emergence of modern concepts of race.
- ISBN10 0195646576
- ISBN13 9780195646573
- Publish Date July 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 March 2009
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint OUP India
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 278
- Language English