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Late Victorian holocausts : El Niño famines and the making of the Third World / Mike Davis.
Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2017Edition: Paperback editionDescription: x, 469 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781784786625
- 1784786625
- Human ecology -- Developing countries -- History -- 19th century
- Political ecology -- Developing countries -- History -- 19th century
- Famines -- Developing countries -- History -- 19th century
- Famines -- India -- History -- 19th century
- Famines -- China -- History -- 19th century
- Famines -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century
- Droughts -- Developing countries -- History -- 19th century
- Imperialism -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 19th century
- Economic development -- History
- El Niño Current -- Social aspects -- Developing countries -- History -- 19th century
- Developing countries -- Environmental conditions -- History -- 19th century
- India -- Environmental conditions -- History -- 19th century
- China -- Environmental conditions -- History -- 19th century
- Brazil -- Environmental conditions -- History -- 19th century
- GF 900 .D38 2017
Contents:
Awards: A Note on Definitions -- PART I. The Great Drought, 1876-1878 -- Victoria's Ghosts -- "The Poor Eat Their Homes" -- Gunboats and Messiahs -- PART II. El Niño and the New Imperialism, 1888-1902 -- The Government of Hell -- Skeletons at the Feast -- Millenarian Revolutions -- PART III. Decyphering ENSO -- The Mystery of the Monsoons -- Climates of Hunger -- PART IV. 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 -- Glossary.
- Winner of the World History Association Book Award 2002
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | GF 900 .D38 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5171967 |
Originally published: 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Note on Definitions -- PART I. The Great Drought, 1876-1878 -- Victoria's Ghosts -- "The Poor Eat Their Homes" -- Gunboats and Messiahs -- PART II. El Niño and the New Imperialism, 1888-1902 -- The Government of Hell -- Skeletons at the Feast -- Millenarian Revolutions -- PART III. Decyphering ENSO -- The Mystery of the Monsoons -- Climates of Hunger -- PART IV. 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 -- Glossary.
Winner of the World History Association Book Award 2002
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