| Beyond Famines: The Wartime State, Society and Politicization of Food in Colonial India, 1939-1945 Contributor(s): Sarkar, Abhijit (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138482641 ISBN-13: 9781138482647 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $137.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2024 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of December 31, 2024 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Series: Empires and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-2000 |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Second World War represents a particularly important moment in the development of the postcolonial Indian state's welfare policies. Wartime measures regarding state-provisioning of food far outlived the war, and became permanent fixtures of the post-war and post-colonial structure of governance in India. Long after the war had finished and even as far as today, the post-colonial Indian adopted food austerity measures as part of its campaign to 'remake' Indian diets, for instance asking Indian citizens to accept substitute foods in place of rice and wheat to ease the pressure on these staple grains. This book charts the germination of these policies during the conflict. |