| Natural Disasters and Victorian Empire: Famines, Fevers and the Literary Cultures of South Asia 2013 Edition Contributor(s): Mukherjee, U. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349433578 ISBN-13: 9781349433575 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 221 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |