Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Illustrations viii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I: Veterinary health and the colonial state
8. 1 Horse breeding and the ideologies of the early colonial state 11
9. 2 Beasts, murrains, and veterinary health 36
10. 3 Ticks, germs, and bacteriological research 59
11. Part II: Caste, class, and cattle
12. 4 Cattle, famines, and the colonial state 77
13. 5 Food adulteration, public health, and middle-class anxieties 102
14. 6 Cattle poisoning and the Chamar identity 123
15. Conclusion 145
16. Bibliography 149
17. Index 167