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Subject to famine : food crises and economic change in western India, 1860-1920 /
Michelle McAlpin moves beyond the concerns of previous studies of famine (most of which focus on governmental procedures designed to alleviate it) and examines hitherto neglected problems, such as the quantitative evaluation of food grain shortages, the nature and extent of popular insurance mechani...
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| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[1983]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Maps. List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1. Food Crises and Famines
- 2. The Famine Phenomenon: Insecurity and Adaptation
- 3. The Demographic Consequences of Famines
- 4. The Agrarian System and the Impact of British Rule
- 5. Economic Change in Western India, 1860-1920
- 6. Changes in the Consequences of Instability: Famines and Famine Relief Under the Raj, 1860-1920
- 7. A Reinterpretation of a Century of Change
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index.