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Famine, philanthropy, and the colonial state : North India in the early nineteenth century / Sanjay Sharma.
LIBRA HC439 .S53 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharma, Sanjay.
- Series:
- SOAS studies on South Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Famines--India--Ganges-Yamuna Doab--History.
- Famines.
- Food relief--India--Ganges-Yamuna Doab--History.
- Food relief.
- Philanthropy--India--19th century.
- Philanthropy.
- History.
- India--Politics and government--19th century.
- India.
- Politics and government.
- India--Ganges-Yamuna Doab.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 256 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book looks at the numerous scarcities and famines that afflicted north India in the early decades of the nineteenth century. It situates famine in the process of colonization and argues that political, ideological, and economic shifts during the period rendered Indian society more vulnerable to droughts and famines.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195653866
- OCLC:
- 47964956
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