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Publisher: Journals Gateway
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2021) 51 (4): 565–594.
Published: 01 March 2021
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Theories of economic growth based on Western Europe are inadequate when applied to India because the two areas are incommensurate in their geographies and their resources. Because its initial conditions were different from those in, say, Europe and North America, India could arrive at economic growth only by solving different problems—preeminent among them being reliable access to clean water. The actions taken by the state, scientists, and society since 1880 in India weakened the chains that linked water insecurity, low yield, mass mortality, and caste-biased mortality but at the inevitable cost of ecological stress. In a tropical-monsoon climate, where well-being and the environment were constantly in flux, asking deprived individuals to consume less or cooperate more was not necessarily the best response to water problems. Science and capitalism provided better solutions.
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Publisher: Journals Gateway
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2019) 50 (3): 482–483.
Published: 01 November 2019