Famine, Philanthropy and the Colonial State: North India in the Early Nineteenth Century

Famine, Philanthropy and the Colonial State: North India in the Early Nineteenth Century

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-274

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Colonial laissez faire; Colonial north India; Colonial philanthropy; Colonial state formation; Famine crime; Famine relief; Indian famines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941003691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195653861.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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