Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; A Note on Definitions; Part I: The Great Drought, 1876-1878; 1. Victoriaâ#x80;#x99;s Ghosts; 2. â#x80;#x98;The Poor Eat Their Homesâ#x80;#x99;; 3. Gunboats and Messiahs; Part II: El Niño and the New Imperialism, 1888-1902; 4. The Government of Hell; 5. Skeletons at the Feast; 6. Millenarian Revolutions; Part III: Deciphering ENSO; 7. The Mystery of the Monsoons; 8. Climates of Hunger; Part IV: The Political Ecology of Famine; 9. The Origins of the Third World; 10. India: The Modernization of Poverty; 11. China: Mandates Revoked. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Preface A Note on Definitions Part I: The Great Drought, 1876-1878 1. Victoriaâ#x80 #x99 s Ghosts 2. â#x80 #x98 The Poor Eat Their Homesâ#x80 #x99 3. Gunboats and Messiahs Part II: El Niño and the New Imperialism, 1888-1902 4. The Government of Hell 5. Skeletons at the Feast 6. Millenarian Revolutions Part III: Deciphering ENSO 7. The Mystery of the Monsoons 8. Climates of Hunger Part IV: The Political Ecology of Famine 9. The Origins of the Third World 10. India: The Modernization of Poverty 11. China: Mandates Revoked. 12. Brazil: Race and Capital in the NordesteGlossary Notes.