Books by David Arnold

Covid-19 has given renewed, urgent attention to `the pandemic¿ as a devastating, recurrent global phenomenon. Today the term is freely and widely used¿but in reality, it has a long and contested history, centred on South Asia. Pandemic India is an innovative enquiry into the emergence of the idea and changing meaning of pandemics, exploring the pivotal role played by¿or assigned to¿India over the past 200 years. Using the perspectives of the social historian and the historian of medicine, and a wide range of sources, it explains how and why past pandemics were so closely identified with South Asia; the factors behind outbreaks¿ exceptional destructiveness in India; responses from society and the state, both during and since the colonial era; and how such collective catastrophes have changed lives and been remembered. Giving a `long history¿ to Indiäs current pandemic, the book offers comparisons with earlier epidemics of cholera, plague and influenza. David Arnold assesses the distinctive characteristics and legacies of each episode, tracking the evolution of public health strategies and containment measures. This is a historian¿s reflection on time as seen through the pandemic prism, and on the ways the past is used¿or misused¿to serve the present.

An autobiography by a schoolmaster looking back to his birth in 1933, one week after the Kray twins, and on through the war, life at school, the army and Oxford, to forty-two years working in schools and colleges.

Although primarily defined in cultural terms, as the land of the Tamil-speaking people, Tamilnad¿s geographical location in the south-eastern corner of the Indian sub-continent has enabled it to develop and maintain a distinctive character. The story of the Congress in Tamilnad has two essential themes. One is the evolution of the Tamil Congress as a regional political party. The second is the changing relationship between a nationalist movement and a colonial regime. Examining in close detail these themes, this book, first published in 1977, presents the story of the Congress in Tamilnad as a case-study of how nationalist parties evolved during the later stages of colonialism.

A debut novel of astounding power and heart, MOSQUITOLAND is perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell, John Green and David Levithan.

It has been variously labelled 'Language Poetry', 'Language Writing', 'L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writing' (after the magazine that ran from 1978 to 1981), and 'language-centred writing'.

A collection of 15 articles providing up-to-date introductory information on South Asia. This book focuses primarily on religious, social and political perspectives and the need for a multi-disciplinary approach. This advanced text offers past, present and future views.

This book explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and set up links with Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Gandhi was not only the most important Indian figure of the 20th century, he is the most famous pacifist ever. This is a readable examination of Gandhi and the nature of his often unconventional and controversial power.

"Jeg er Mim Malone. Og jeg er ikke okay."Efter at Mim Malones familie pludseligt og hurtigt falder fra hinanden, bliver hun ført fra sit hjem i det nordlige Ohio til udørkenen Mississippi, hvor hun skal bo med sin far og nye stedmor. Men før der på nogen måde er faldet ro over tingene, finder Mim ud af, at hendes mor er syg hjemme i Ohio.Så hun skipper sit nye liv og den medicin, som hendes far insisterer så hårdt på, at hun skal tage, og hopper om bord på en Greyhound-bus mod nord. Hun skal bare hjem. Men rejsen er lang, og undervejs støder Mim på en række skæve karakterer, der giver buler på både krop og sjæl. Det gør ondt. Men det gør også godt - for hvad er kærlighed og loyalitet? Og hvad vil det sige at være helt normal?Fortalt med en kalejdoskopisk og vidunderlig vild stemme – Mims rejse fra Moskitoland og gennem USA er cool, sjov og uforglemmelig.