Hungry Nation

ISBN-13: 9781108441964 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 290 str.

Benjamin Robert Siegel

Opis

Independent India's struggle to overcome famine, hunger, and malnutrition, as told through the voices of politicians, planners, and citizens alike.

Recenzje

'Siegel's excellent research throws up facts that have traditionally escaped readers, whose preoccupation has largely been with the politics which underscored the departure of the British and the division of the country along communal lines.' Syed Badrul Ahsan, Asian Affairs

Spis treści

1. The Bengal famine and the nationalist case for food; 2. Independent India of plenty; 3. Self-help which ennobles a nation; 4. The common hunger of the country: merchants and markets in plenty and want; 5. All the disabilities which peasant and land can suffer; 6. The ideological origins of the Green Revolution; Conclusion. Landscapes of hunger in contemporary India.