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A Cultural History of Famine - Food Security and the Environment in India and Britain (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,568
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A Cultural History of Famine - Food Security and the Environment in India and Britain (Hardcover): Ayesha Mukherjee

A Cultural History of Famine - Food Security and the Environment in India and Britain (Hardcover)

Ayesha Mukherjee

Series: Routledge Environmental Humanities

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The term "food security" does not immediately signal research done in humanities disciplines. It refers to a complex, contested issue, whose currency and significance are hardly debatable given present concerns about environmental change, resource management, and sustainability. The subject is thus largely studied within science and social science disciplines in current or very recent historical contexts. This book brings together perspectives on food security and related environmental concerns from experts in the disciplines of literary studies, history, science, and social sciences. It allows readers to compare past and contemporary attitudes towards the issues in India and Britain - the economic, social, and environmental histories of these two nations have been closely connected ever since British travellers began to visit India in the latter half of the sixteenth century. The chapters in this book discuss themes such as climate, harvest failure, trade, technological improvements, transport networks, charity measures, and popular protest, which affected food security in both countries from the seventeenth century onwards. The authors cover a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, and their chapters allow readers to understand and compare different methodologies as well as different contexts of time and place relevant to the topic. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of economic and social history, environmental history, literary studies, and South Asian studies.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Environmental Humanities
Release date: 2019
First published: 2016
Editors: Ayesha Mukherjee
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-23092-7
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies
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Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-138-23092-8
Barcode: 9781138230927

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