Erica Wald
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857929 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Wald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Wald |
| SIGNATURE | WALD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4989-583X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Timothy James Lockley, Military Medicine and the Making of Race: Life and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795–1874
Journal Article Timothy James Lockley, Military Medicine and the Making of Race: Life and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795–1874 Get access Timothy James Lockley, Military Medicine and the Making of Race: Life and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795–1874, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 220. £75. Hbk. ISBN 978-1-1084-9562-2. Erica Wald Erica Wald Goldsmiths, University of London Ringgold Standard Institution, UK Email: …
Reading Social Spaces: The Life of the Bombay Theatre, 1770–1843
Built by public subscription in 1770, and in operation until 1830, the Bombay Theatre represents a curious colonial social space. Ticket sales show a range of Bombay ‘Society’ – from wealthy Parsi merchants to European ensigns – actively sought out the entertainment it promised, and an even broader swathe of society was involved in its day-to-day operation. This chapter argues that the theatre was, for a time, an important location for the articu…
Governing the Bottle: Alcohol, Race and Class in Nineteenth-Century India
Following a series of aggressive military campaigns across India, by the early nineteenth century, the East India Company had secured a more definitive political space for itself in India. However, in taking over the administration of the diwani, or administration and revenue collection duties in Bengal, the Company gained responsibility for the taxes that governed the production and sale of alcohol and drugs—the abkari system. The abkari duties …
Daniel Walther, Sex and Control: Venereal Disease, Colonial Physicians and Indigenous Agency in German Colonialism, 1884–1914
Over the past 30 years, the interwoven fields of medical and social history have illustrated the myriad ways in which European colonial states deployed medicine as a tool of empire. Daniel Walther’s Sex and Control adds to this by exploring how the German colonial state approached venereal diseases across its far-flung imperial sites. While there have been a number of studies on venereal diseases and the British empire, most notably, Philippa Lev…
Vice in the Barracks: Medicine, the Military and the Making of Colonial India, 1780-1868
Shortlisted for the 2014 Royal Historical Society’s Gladstone Prize and the 2014 Templer Award for the Best First Book by a New Author. Sex and alcohol preoccupied European officers across India throu
Health, Discipline and Appropriate Behaviour: The Body of the Soldier and Space of the Cantonment
Anxiety about the intemperance and misbehaviour of the European soldiery in nineteenth century India prompted a raft of regulations which not only imposed a punitive regime on those living and working in and around the cantonments, but prompted an extension of military space. This paper specifically examines the methods and levels of control-both of which existed and were attempted in and around the cantonment. These ranged from regulations enact…
Defining Prostitution and Redefining Women’s Roles: The Colonial State and Society in Early 19th Century India
The seismic shifts in Indian society which took place over the course of the 19th century have been the focus of a number of studies in recent years. These changes permanently altered the lives and livelihoods of many groups across the socioeconomic spectrum. Among the most dramatically affected were those women who would come to be categorised as ‘prostitutes’. Prior to their inclusion in the category of ‘prostitute’, the women ranged from templ…
From begums and bibis to abandoned females and idle women: Sexual relationships, venereal disease and the redefinition of prostitution in early nineteenth-century India
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a proliferation of laws in colonial India which targeted women deemed to be prostitutes. As the number of laws grew, so too did the category of ‘prostitute’. Yet, before the nineteenth century, it would have been difficult to identify many of these women or their activities as criminal, or even immoral. This article examines how such legal boundaries and conceptualisations came to be formulate…
From begums and bibis to abandoned females and idle women: Sexual relationships, venereal disease and the redefinition of prostitution in early nineteenth-century India
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a proliferation of laws in colonial India which targeted women deemed to be prostitutes. As the number of laws grew, so too did the category of ‘prostitute’. Yet, before the nineteenth century, it would have been difficult to identify many of these women or their activities as criminal, or even immoral. This article examines how such legal boundaries and conceptualisations came to be formulate…
Health, Discipline and Appropriate Behaviour: The Body of the Soldier and Space of the Cantonment
Anxiety about the intemperance and misbehaviour of the European soldiery in nineteenth century India prompted a raft of regulations which not only imposed a punitive regime on those living and working in and around the cantonments, but prompted an extension of military space. This paper specifically examines the methods and levels of control-both of which existed and were attempted in and around the cantonment. These ranged from regulations enact…
Governing the Bottle: Alcohol, Race and Class in Nineteenth-Century India
Following a series of aggressive military campaigns across India, by the early nineteenth century, the East India Company had secured a more definitive political space for itself in India. However, in taking over the administration of the diwani, or administration and revenue collection duties in Bengal, the Company gained responsibility for the taxes that governed the production and sale of alcohol and drugs—the abkari system. The abkari duties …
Defining Prostitution and Redefining Women’s Roles: The Colonial State and Society in Early 19th Century India
The seismic shifts in Indian society which took place over the course of the 19th century have been the focus of a number of studies in recent years. These changes permanently altered the lives and livelihoods of many groups across the socioeconomic spectrum. Among the most dramatically affected were those women who would come to be categorised as ‘prostitutes’. Prior to their inclusion in the category of ‘prostitute’, the women ranged from templ…
Defining Prostitution and Redefining Women’s Roles: The Colonial State and Society in Early 19th Century India
The seismic shifts in Indian society which took place over the course of the 19th century have been the focus of a number of studies in recent years. These changes permanently altered the lives and livelihoods of many groups across the socioeconomic spectrum. Among the most dramatically affected were those women who would come to be categorised as ‘prostitutes’. Prior to their inclusion in the category of ‘prostitute’, the women ranged from templ…
From begums and bibis to abandoned females and idle women: Sexual relationships, venereal disease and the redefinition of prostitution in early nineteenth-century India
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a proliferation of laws in colonial India which targeted women deemed to be prostitutes. As the number of laws grew, so too did the category of ‘prostitute’. Yet, before the nineteenth century, it would have been difficult to identify many of these women or their activities as criminal, or even immoral. This article examines how such legal boundaries and conceptualisations came to be formulate…
Health, Discipline and Appropriate Behaviour: The Body of the Soldier and Space of the Cantonment
Anxiety about the intemperance and misbehaviour of the European soldiery in nineteenth century India prompted a raft of regulations which not only imposed a punitive regime on those living and working in and around the cantonments, but prompted an extension of military space. This paper specifically examines the methods and levels of control-both of which existed and were attempted in and around the cantonment. These ranged from regulations enact…
Vice in the Barracks: Medicine, the Military and the Making of Colonial India, 1780-1868
Shortlisted for the 2014 Royal Historical Society’s Gladstone Prize and the 2014 Templer Award for the Best First Book by a New Author. Sex and alcohol preoccupied European officers across India throu
Daniel Walther, Sex and Control: Venereal Disease, Colonial Physicians and Indigenous Agency in German Colonialism, 1884–1914
Over the past 30 years, the interwoven fields of medical and social history have illustrated the myriad ways in which European colonial states deployed medicine as a tool of empire. Daniel Walther’s Sex and Control adds to this by exploring how the German colonial state approached venereal diseases across its far-flung imperial sites. While there have been a number of studies on venereal diseases and the British empire, most notably, Philippa Lev…
Governing the Bottle: Alcohol, Race and Class in Nineteenth-Century India
Following a series of aggressive military campaigns across India, by the early nineteenth century, the East India Company had secured a more definitive political space for itself in India. However, in taking over the administration of the diwani, or administration and revenue collection duties in Bengal, the Company gained responsibility for the taxes that governed the production and sale of alcohol and drugs—the abkari system. The abkari duties …
Reading Social Spaces: The Life of the Bombay Theatre, 1770–1843
Built by public subscription in 1770, and in operation until 1830, the Bombay Theatre represents a curious colonial social space. Ticket sales show a range of Bombay ‘Society’ – from wealthy Parsi merchants to European ensigns – actively sought out the entertainment it promised, and an even broader swathe of society was involved in its day-to-day operation. This chapter argues that the theatre was, for a time, an important location for the articu…
Timothy James Lockley, Military Medicine and the Making of Race: Life and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795–1874
Journal Article Timothy James Lockley, Military Medicine and the Making of Race: Life and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795–1874 Get access Timothy James Lockley, Military Medicine and the Making of Race: Life and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795–1874, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 220. £75. Hbk. ISBN 978-1-1084-9562-2. Erica Wald Erica Wald Goldsmiths, University of London Ringgold Standard Institution, UK Email: …
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