Subject to famine: food crisis and economic change in western india, 1860-1920
Auteur :
McAlpin, Michelle Burge
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691613369
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
425 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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 mechanisms in famine-afflicted areas, and the effects of