Monsoon Economies

India's History in a Changing Climate

Tirthankar Roy

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MIT Press
17 May 2022

Economics

Series: History for a Sustainable Future

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

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 other actors mitigated these conditions, enabling agricultural growth, encouraging urbanization, and bringing about a permanent decrease in death rates. But these actions-largely efforts to ensure wider access to water-came at a cost to environmental sustainability. In Monsoon Economies, Tirthankar Roy explores the interaction between the environment and the economy in the emergence of modern India.

Roy argues that the tropical monsoon climate makes economic and population growth contingent on water security. But in a water-scarce world, the means used to increase water security not only created environmental stresses but also made political conflict more likely. Roy investigates famine relief, the framing of a seasonal ""water famine,"" and the concept of public trust in water; the political movements that challenged socially sanctioned forms of deprivation; water as a public good; water quality in cities; the shift from impounding river water in dams and reservoirs to exploring groundwater; the seasonality of a monsoon economy; and economic lessons from India for a world facing environmental degradation."

By: Tirthankar Roy
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm,
ISBN: 9780262543583
ISBN 10: 0262543583
Series: History for a Sustainable Future
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 17 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Series Foreword vii Acknowledgments xv List of Illustrations xvii 1 Why Climate Matters 1 2 Water and Famine 25 3 Water and Equality 45 4 Becoming a Public Good 65 5 Water in the Cities 87 6 Water Stress 113 7 Seasonality 137 8 Monsoon Economies 167 Notes 177 Selected Readings 203 Index 207

Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of The Crafts and Capitalism- Handloom Weaving Industry in Colonial India and coauthor of The Economic History of Colonialism and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy.

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