- Subtitle:
- a case study of Ahmednagar District, Bombay Presidency, India, 1870-84
- Abstract:
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Ahmednagar District, in Bombay Presidency, was affected - along with much of South India - by a major drought in 1876-78, leading to famine relief by the Government of Bombay and considerable emigration and mortality. Recent literature, however, has suggested that famine is a complex, human and long-drawn-out process, rather than a sudden, natural phenomenon. This thesis seeks to identify that process among poor peasants in Ahmednagar between 1870 and 1884. It does so by examining their f...
Expand abstract - Publication date:
- 2002
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- URN:
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- Local pid:
- td:602323376
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- Copyright holder:
- Hall-Matthews, David
- Copyright date:
- 2002
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
Thesis
Famine process and famine policy
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