Famine, philanthropy, and the colonial state

by Sharma, Sanjay of Zakir Husain College.

2001 256 pages eng

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 colonia…