Late Victorian holocausts El Niño famines and the making of the third world /

Davis, Mike, 1946-

Late Victorian holocausts El Niño famines and the making of the third world / [electronic resource] : Mike Davis. - London ; Verso, c2002. - x, 464 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The great drought, 1876-1878. Victoria's ghosts ; "The poor eat their homes" ; Gunboats and messiahs -- El Niño and the new imperialism, 1888-1902. The government of hell ; Skeletons at the feast ; A millenarian revolutions -- Decyphering ENSO. The mystery of the monsoons ; Climates of hunger -- 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.

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--History--19th century.--History--India--19th century.--History--China--19th century.--History--Brazil--19th century.--History.--History.

Famines Famines Famines Famines Imperialism Economic development