Famines in Late Nineteenth-Century India Politics, Culture, and Environmental Justice
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
[2015]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions
2015, no. 2 |
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| Beschreibung: | Between 1850 and 1899, India suffered 24 major famines, a number higher than in any other recorded 50-year period, resulting in millions of deaths. This exhibition—written by sociologist Naresh Chandra Sourabh and economic historian Timo Myllyntaus—describes the environmental and social factors that contributed to these cataclysmic events, situating their causes and costs within the complex natural and cultural contexts of nineteenth-century colonial India |
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