Acts of Aid: Politics of Relief and Reconstruction in the 1934 Bihar–Nepal Earthquake

Eleonor Marcussen

doi:10.1017/9781108937160

Acts of Aid

Politics of Relief and Reconstruction in the 1934 Bihar–Nepal Earthquake

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Eleonor Marcussen, Linnéuniversitetet, Sweden

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: January 2023
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781108937160
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108937160
Creative Commons:: This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses

Subjects:: Environmental History, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies, History

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This socio-political history on the aftermath of the 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake explores disaster aid, relief, and reconstruction and the questions they give rise to about class, communities and inequality. The book traces disaster responses across the twentieth century in order to demonstrate how they were embedded in political processes transcending the event of the earthquake. Aid, relief and reconstruction mirrored political agendas and ideas that articulated both changes and continuities by the colonial state, civil society and international organisations. The impact of the earthquake and aid in its wake varied widely according to social groups, ethnicity and gender in the aftermath. By studying the effects of the earthquake on communities directly affected and society, the author argues that we can come closer to an understanding of the role political, social and cultural factors held in shaping resilience to natural disasters. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Acts of Aid

Politics of Relief and Reconstruction in the 1934 Bihar–Nepal Earthquake

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Illustrations
pp vii-viii

List of Tables
pp ix-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xiv

List of Abbreviations
pp xv-xvi

Note on Transliteration
pp xvii-xviii

1 - Introduction: Experiencing the Extraordinary and the Ordinary
pp 1-48

2 - Responses and Responsibilities in Emergency Relief
pp 49-96

3 - From Local to National Politics of Relief
pp 97-154

4 - Colonial Relations in Aid
pp 155-191

5 - Categories of Victims
pp 192-247

6 - Congested and Contested Spaces
pp 248-301

7 - Conclusion
pp 302-317

Glossary
pp 318-319

Bibliography
pp 320-351

Index
pp 352-363

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