Monsoon Economies: India's History in a Changing Climate

by Tirthankar Roy

How interventions to mitigate climate-caused poverty and inequality in India came at a cost to environmental sustainability.

In the monsoon regions of South Asia, the rainy season sustains life but brings with it the threat of floods, followed by a long stretch of the year when little gainful work is possible and the threat of famine looms. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, a series of interventions by Indian governments and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262543583
• ISBN13: 9780262543583
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"