The 'discovery' of malnutrition and diet in colonial India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8960909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Arnold (0000-0002-8781-4095, SOAS University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Publication date | 1994-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001946469403100101 |
| OpenAlex | W2111906795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
Archaeology · Colonialism · Geography · Malnutrition · Child Nutrition and Water Access · History · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Water Governance and Infrastructure
Feeding the People
Tackling child malnutrition in Jamaica, 1962–2020
“The Child Needs Milk and Milk Needs a Market”
Beyond Bourdieu
Water and Work in Mughal Gardens and Landscapes
Many Mouths
Lal Saa (Black Tea), Seto Pani (White Discharge)
‘The True Food of the Brain’
“Appeal from this fiery bed …”
Intervals of confidence
India as metaphor
Setting India on the Wrong Path
Doing 'coolie' work in a 'gentlemanly' way
Food Comes First”
Introduction
Empire and the Reordering of Edibility
The Colonial Discourse on the Bengali Middle-Class Meal in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Alimentary Tracts
Professor Frankel’s fake flesh
Transecting the fall and rise of brown rice — the historic encounters of the global food system, nutrition science, and malnutrition in the Philippines
The healthy Indian child
Food policy and state formation in Senegal and Uganda
The Politics of Fire and Forest Regeneration in Colonial Bengal
Digesting agriculture development
From marginalized to miracle
One of the Most Urgent Problems to Solve’
Food and Welfare in India, c. 1900–1950
Teaching development
The body and its purity
Nation on a Platter
A “Meat-Hungry” People
The Scientific Lives ofChicha
"How Little Progress"? A Political Economy of Postcolonial Nutrition
Nutritionalizing Food
Accounting for the Nation, Marginalizing the Empire
The Patriot's Scientific Diet
Self-Help which Ennobles a Nation
| Citations per year | 1.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |