Title Famine, philanthropy, and the colonial state : North India in the early nineteenth century / Sanjay Sharma

Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 256 pages) : maps Series SOAS studies on South Asia 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-251) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Famines -- India -- Ganges-Yamuna Doab -- History Food relief -- India -- Ganges-Yamuna Doab -- History Charity organization -- India -- History Charity organization. Famines. Food relief. Politics and government Koloniaal bestuur. Hongersnood. Rampenbestrijding. Liefdadigheid. SUBJECT India -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064940 Subject India. India -- Ganges-Yamuna Doab. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199081653 0199081654

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