Famine, philanthropy and the colonial state [electronic resource] : North India in the early nineteenth century / Sanjay Sharma.
Sharma, Sanjay| Call Number | 954.0313 |
| Author | Sharma, Sanjay. |
| Title | Famine, philanthropy and the colonial state North India in the early nineteenth century / Sanjay Sharma. |
| Publication | New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xviii, 256 p.) : maps. |
| Series | SOAS studies on South Asia |
| Summary | This book examines the lesser known aspects of the colonial state through the lens of the many famines and famine induced crimes which affected north India as it emerged from the 'chaotic' 18th century. It situates the 1837-8 famine in the political, ideological and economic processes of the colonial state which, paradoxically, continued to advocate laissez faire even as its humanitarian and pragmatic concerns (including fears of disorder) resulted in a series of interventionist policies. |
| Subject | Famines India History 19th century. India History British occupation, 1765-1947. Great Britain Colonies Asia Social conditions. |
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| Summary | This book examines the lesser known aspects of the colonial state through the lens of the many famines and famine induced crimes which affected north India as it emerged from the 'chaotic' 18th century. It situates the 1837-8 famine in the political, ideological and economic processes of the colonial state which, paradoxically, continued to advocate laissez faire even as its humanitarian and pragmatic concerns (including fears of disorder) resulted in a series of interventionist policies. |
| Subject | Famines India History 19th century. India History British occupation, 1765-1947. Great Britain Colonies Asia Social conditions. |
| Multimedia |