<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The world as we know it is, in a large measure, a product of what Neill Ferguson calls “anglobalization.” Even today it is difficult to assess the legacy of the British Empire. My article focuses on the great famines in British India. It attempts to look at assertions about the Empire’s good work in India through the prism of the research carried out by the leftwing historian Mike Davis, whose seminal 2001 study Late Victorian Holocausts. El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World launched a debate on the human costs of anglobalisation.</p></abstract>

The world as we know it is, in a large measure, a product of what Neill Ferguson calls “anglobalization.” Even today it is difficult to assess the legacy of the British Empire. My article focuses on the great famines in British India. It attempts to look at assertions about the Empire’s good work in India through the prism of the research carried out by the leftwing historian Mike Davis, whose seminal 2001 study Late Victorian Holocausts. El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World launched a debate on the human costs of anglobalisation.

<italic>Anglobalisation</italic> And The Making Of The Third World. The British Empire In India

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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 And The Making Of The Third World. The British Empire In India

The world as we know it is, in a large measure, a product of what Neill Ferguson calls “anglobalization.” Even today it is difficult to assess the legacy of...

Anglobalisation And The Making Of The Third World. The British Empire In India

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 10 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2015-0002

Keywords
British India, conflict, famines, imperialism

© 2015 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Anglobalisation And The Making Of The Third World. The British Empire In India

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 10 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2015-0002

KeywordsBritish India, conflict, famines, imperialism

© 2015 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
British India, conflict, famines, imperialism