A Transnational History of Food Aid and Development, c. 1890-1950

Serie: Global Connections – Routes and Roots

Simonow, Joanna | Hardback | 27-06-2023 | 9789087284046 |
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The task of ending famine in India was taken up by many at the beginning of the twentieth century. Only decades earlier, famine in India had been believed to be a necessary evil. Now it was the reason for the increasing activities of doctors, nutritionists, social reformers, agricultural experts, missionaries, anti-colonial activists and colonial administrators, all involved in temporary relief and finding permanent solutions to famine.