India's Historical Demography: Studies in Famine, Disease and Society

by Tim Dyson

Overview

When this book was originally published in 1989 here had been virtually no studies of the country’s historical demography. This volume was significant for 3 reasons: it contributed greatly to the knowledge of India’s population history; it had major implications for the work of social and economic historians of India; and lastly the Indian context provides an excellent laboratory in which to investigate certain large-scale demographic phenomena – among others the experience of bubonic plague, influenza, cholera and famine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032244761
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/25/2022
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tim Dyson is Emeritus Professor of Population Studies at the LSE. He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2001 and in 2015 delivered the keynote address at the United Nations Commission on Population and Development in New York.

Table of Contents

1. Indian Historical Demography: Developments and Prospects 2. Deserted Villages and Depopulation in Rural Tamil Nadu c.1780-1830 3. The Mechanics of Demographic and Economic Growth in Uttar Pradesh: 1800-1900 4. Mortality and Fertility in India, 1881-1961: A Reassessment 5. Mortality, Fertility and the Status of Women in India 1881-1931 6. The Historical Demography of Berar, 1881-1980 7. Population Dynamics of Famine in Nineteenth Century Punjab, 1896-7 and 1899-1900 8. Influenza in India During 1918-19 9. Cholera Mortality in British India, 1817-1947 10. On the Comparative Historical Perspective: India, Europe, the Far East .

Editorial Reviews

‘This important and illuminating volume opens up the demographic history of India in new and revealing ways.’ Hilary Standing, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

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