Late Victorian Holocausts

In Late Victorian Holocausts, Mike Davis explores the devastating impacts of El Niño-induced droughts and the ensuing famines that struck India, Northern China, and Northeastern Brazil during the late 19th century. He examines how imperial arrogance and harmful policies by ruling elites exacerbated the effects of these natural disasters, leading to immense human tragedy. The audiobook argues that this era of High Imperialism sowed the seeds of underdevelopment in what would later be known as the Third World, as millions of peasants paid the price for capitalist advancement.