Late Victorian Holocausts
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Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World is a book by Mike Davis about the connection between political economy and global climate patterns, particularly the impact of colonialism and the introduction of capitalism during the El Niño–Southern Oscillation related famines of 1876–1878, 1896–1897, and 1899–1902 across multiple continents. The book's main conclusion is that the deaths of 30–60 million people killed in famines all over the world during the later part of the 19th century were caused by the laissez-faire and Malthusian economic ideology of the colonial governments.
Author | Mike Davis |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Environmental economics, economic history |
Publisher | Verso |
Publication date | December 2000 |
Media type | Hardback & paperback |
Pages | 464 pp (hardback edition) |
ISBN | 1-85984-739-0 (Hardback), ISBN 1-85984-382-4 (Paperback) |
363.8/09172/4 21 | |
LC Class | HC79.F3 .D38 2001 |
A controversial book,[1] it has received both praise and criticism. Praise generally focused on Davis' analysis of the Third World[2] and its origins,[3] while, conversely, his assertion the Indian famines which took place under colonial rule were intentionally engineered by the British has been criticized as extreme[4] and conspiracist.[5]