The History and Economics of Indian Famines
The History and Economics of Indian Famines

Author: Alexander Loveday

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781290896252

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The History and Economics of Indian Famines (Classic Reprint)
The History and Economics of Indian Famines (Classic Reprint)

Author: A. Loveday

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-24

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780484599030

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Excerpt from The History and Economics of Indian Famines It is difficult to discover even a few generalisa tions which are applicable to the whole of the great Indian Peninsula, stretching, as it does, from the 8th to the 38th degree of latitude, with its innumerable variations in climatic, political, social, and racial conditions. But perhaps the most striking and, in this connection at any rate, the most im portant Of its peculiarities is the fact that over two thirds of its population are occupied in an industry, the success of which is almost wholly dependent on a sufficient and well-distributed rainfall. (a) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Famine
Famine

Author: Cormac Ó Gráda

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1400829895

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Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation--whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies--devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. Cormac Ó Gráda, the acclaimed author who chronicled the tragic Irish famine in books like Black '47 and Beyond, here traces the complete history of famine from the earliest records to today. Combining powerful storytelling with the latest evidence from economics and history, Ó Gráda explores the causes and profound consequences of famine over the past five millennia, from ancient Egypt to the killing fields of 1970s Cambodia, from the Great Famine of fourteenth-century Europe to the famine in Niger in 2005. He enriches our understanding of the most crucial and far-reaching aspects of famine, including the roles that population pressure, public policy, and human agency play in causing famine; how food markets can mitigate famine or make it worse; famine's long-term demographic consequences; and the successes and failures of globalized disaster relief. Ó Gráda demonstrates the central role famine has played in the economic and political histories of places as different as Ukraine under Stalin, 1940s Bengal, and Mao's China. And he examines the prospects of a world free of famine. This is the most comprehensive history of famine available, and is required reading for anyone concerned with issues of economic development and world poverty.

An Essay on the Economic Causes of Famines in India and Suggestions to Prevent Their Frequent Recurrence
An Essay on the Economic Causes of Famines in India and Suggestions to Prevent Their Frequent Recurrence

Author: S. C. (Satis Chandra) Ray

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2012-08

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9781290642538

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Indian Famines
Indian Famines

Author: Prithwis Chandra Ray

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020323980

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This groundbreaking study of the causes and effects of famines in India offers a detailed analysis of the underlying social, economic, and political factors that contribute to these devastating events. Written by one of India's foremost experts on famine relief, it provides practical solutions for preventing future famines and improving the lives of those affected by them. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Poverty and Famines
Poverty and Famines

Author: Amartya Sen

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1983-01-20

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0191037435

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The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular. The author develops the alternative method of analysis—the 'entitlement approach'—concentrating on ownership and exchange, not on food supply. The book also provides a general analysis of the characterization and measurement of poverty. Various approaches used in economics, sociology, and political theory are critically examined. The predominance of distributional issues, including distribution between different occupation groups, links up the problem of conceptualizing poverty with that of analyzing starvation.