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008			120813s2001 ii b fo| 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780199081653 (ebook) : _cNo price
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050		0	_aHC439 _b.S53 2001
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100	1		_aSharma, Sanjay.
245	1	0	_aFamine, philanthropy and the colonial state: North India in the early nineteenth century [electronic resource] _b
260			_aNew Delhi ; _aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2001.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 256 p.) : _bmaps.
490	1		_aSOAS studies on South Asia
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aThis 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aFamines
650		0	_aColonies
650		0	_aNorth India
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780195653861
830		0	_aSOAS studies on South Asia.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195653861.001.0001 _yClick here to see the view
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