Late Victorian holocausts : El Niño famines and the making of the third world

Davis, Mike, 1946-2022.

Book 2001

Examining a series of droughts and the famines that they spawned in the last third of the 19th century, this text analyses this human tragedy. It covers its global history and lasting impacts on world economic development.

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Economic development History

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ISBN:

9781784786625

Description:

x, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
regular print

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index
Winner of the World History Association Book Award, 2002

Contents:

The great drought, 1876-1878. Victoria's ghosts ; "The poor eat their homes" ; Gunboats and messiahs
El Niño and the new imperialism, 1888-1902. The government of hell ; Skeletons at the feast ; A millenarian revolutions
Decyphering ENSO. The mystery of the monsoons ; Climates of hunger
The political ecology of famine. The origins of the third world ; India: the modernization of poverty ; China: mandates revoked ; Brazil: race and capital in the Nordeste

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00054989

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2751680

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