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  • A Population History of India

    From the First Modern People to the Present Day

    de Tim Dyson ...
    A Population History of India provides an account of the size and characteristics of India's population stretching from when hunter-gatherer homo sapiens first arrived in the country - very roughly seventy thousand years ago - until the modern day. It is a period during which the population grew from just a handful of people to reach almost 1.4 billion, and a time when the fact of death had a huge ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • Population and Development

    The Demographic Transition

    de Tim Dyson ...
    The demographic transition and its related effects of population growth, fertility decline and ageing populations are fraught with controversy. When discussed in relation to the global south and the modern project of development, the questions and answers become more problematic.Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Population and Food

    Global Trends and Future Prospects

    de Tim Dyson ...
    Population and Food examines recent trends in food production and assesses the prospects for feeding humanity in the twenty-first century. With case studies from throughout the developed and developing world, the book suggests that food production in most world regions has kept ahead of population growth, that future food production prospects are encouraging, and that in all probability the people ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • India's Historical Demography

    Studies in Famine, Disease and Society

    de Tim Dyson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
    When this book was originally published in 1989 here had been virtually no studies of the country’s historical demography. This volume was significant for 3 reasons: it contributed greatly to the knowledge of India’s population history; it had major implications for the work of social and economic historians of India; and lastly the Indian context provides an excellent laboratory in which to ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

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  • Peasants and Workers in Nepal

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    de D.Snddon ...
    Series Libro 1 - Surf Rangers
    The fieldwork on which this collection of essays on peasants and workers in Nepal is based was undertaken in the mid-1970s, by an international team associated with the Overseas Development Group at the University of East Anglia. The fieldwork also gave rise to several other publications, including Nepal in Crisis and The Struggle for Basic Needs in Nepal (both now re-published by Adroit ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • An Uncertain Glory

    India and its Contradictions

    de Jean Drèze, Amartya Sen ...
    When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and extensive political rights. The famines of the British era disappeared, and steady economic growth replaced the economic stagnation of the Raj. The growth of the Indian economy quickened further over the last three ... Leer más

    $26.69 USD

  • Modern India

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Craig Jeffrey ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    India is widely recognised as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivalling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still know relatively little about the economic, social, political, and cultural changes unfolding in India today. To what extent are people benefiting from the economic boom? Does caste still exist in India? How is India's culture ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Children of Eve

    Population and Well-being in History

    de Louis P. Cain, Donald G. Paterson ...
    The Children of Eve is the first book to bring together general material about population and well-being in a single volume. It presents a world history of demographic and economic change that ranges broadly over time and space and which emphasizes the commonality of human experience.The first book to put together material about population and well-being in a single volumeEmphasizes the formative ... Leer más

    $92.00 USD

  • The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India

    de Ajay Verghese ...
    Series series Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
    The neighboring north Indian districts of Jaipur and Ajmer are identical in language, geography, and religious and caste demography. But when the famous Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was destroyed in 1992, Jaipur burned while Ajmer remained peaceful; when the state clashed over low-caste affirmative action quotas in 2008, Ajmer's residents rioted while Jaipur's citizens stayed calm. What explains these ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • India in the World Economy

    From Antiquity to the Present

    de Tirthankar Roy ...
    Series Libro 10 - New Approaches to Asian History
    Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa as well as trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and from opium to indigo. In a journey across two thousand years, this enthralling book, written by a leading South Asian ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • An Introduction to the Social Geography of India

    Concepts, Problems and Prospects

    de Asif Ali, Hemant ...
    This book discusses the significance of social geography, a multidimensional sub-discipline of georgraphy encompassing social health, social security and social ethos. It presents the socio-spatial dynamics of the population in India through an understanding of the various issues related to migration, urbanisation, unemployment, poverty and public health. With a thorough analysis of various social ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • Subjugated Nomads

    The Lambadas under the Rule of the Nizams

    de Bhangya Bhukya ...
    his book traces the historical transition of the Lambada community of Hyderabad State under the Nizams during colonial rule. The study spans nearly two centuries—from the early eighteenth to about the middle of the twentieth century. The author shows how this community, originally caravan traders, confronted the colonial or modern state power which had adversely transformed their lives.The market ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD