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Explaining Famine in the British Empire: Agricultural Science, Food Security, and the Rise of Statistics

Explaining Famine in the British Empire: Agricultural Science, Food Security, and the Rise of Statistics

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Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 12 February 2026
Publisher: Oxford University Press

This book is about the famines and food shortages that struck India and Britain at the close of the eighteenth century, and it explores how these crises and episodes of scarcity gave rise to scientific efforts to explain and quantify 'famine'.

Weight: 595g
Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198982609

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