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Natural Disasters and Victorian Empire
Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee
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Description for Natural Disasters and Victorian Empire
Paperback. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Natural Disasters and Victorian Empire looks at the relationship between epidemics and famines in south Asia and Victorian literature and culture. It suggests that much of how we think today about disasters, state and society can be traced back to the 19th-century British imperial experience.
Natural Disasters and Victorian Empire looks at the relationship between epidemics and famines in south Asia and Victorian literature and culture. It suggests that much of how we think today about disasters, state and society can be traced back to the 19th-century British imperial experience.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349433575
SKU
V9781349433575
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Ref
99-15
About Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee
Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee is a Reader at Warwick University, UK and is the author of Crime and Empire (2003), Postcolonial Environments (2010) and a wide range of other articles, reviews and edited books and journals. He was born in India and educated in Kolkata, Oxford and Cambridge. He has worked as a journalist and taught at Newcastle University, UK before ... Read more
Reviews for Natural Disasters and Victorian Empire
'This book takes a little-visited perspective on the history of natural disasters, literature, and the context of the intellectual approaches to the subject.' - Natural Hazards Observer