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A haunting tragedy : gender, caste and class in the 1866 famine of Orissa / Bidyut Mohanty.

By: Publisher: New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2022Description: 421 p. : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789390729630
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42054 MOH
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. The Political Economy of Orissa, 1860-1921; 3. The Great Orissa Famine of 1866: The Event and the Process; 4. Relief and Caste: Emergence of the Chhatrakhia Community; 5. Later Famines: Social Impact and State Response; 6. Female Mortality in Famines, 1866-1974; 7. Gender and Class Incidence of Infectious Diseases; 8. Gender Discrimination in Food and Health Care; 9. Rise and Fall of Sex Ratio; 10. Migration in the Famine Era: Gender, Caste and Class; 11. Famine and Women, Past and Present: Some Concluding Reflections; Glossary; Index.
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BOOKs NLS General Stacks 305.42054 MOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Available Recommended by Dr. Kena Wani 39578

1. Introduction;
2. The Political Economy of Orissa, 1860-1921;
3. The Great Orissa Famine of 1866: The Event and the Process;
4. Relief and Caste: Emergence of the Chhatrakhia Community;
5. Later Famines: Social Impact and State Response;
6. Female Mortality in Famines, 1866-1974;
7. Gender and Class Incidence of Infectious Diseases;
8. Gender Discrimination in Food and Health Care;
9. Rise and Fall of Sex Ratio;
10. Migration in the Famine Era: Gender, Caste and Class;
11. Famine and Women, Past and Present: Some Concluding Reflections;
Glossary;
Index.