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Subject to Famine: Food Crisis and Economic Change in Western India, 1860-1920
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Full Title:
Subject to Famine: Food Crisis and Economic Change in Western India, 1860-1920
Contributors:
By (Author) Michelle Burge McAlpin
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Other Subjects:
Food and beverage technology
Manufacturing industries
Dewey:
338.19547
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
306
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
425g
Description
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
