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Karl Polanyi’s argument that these events were more impactful because “the Indian village community had been demolished” is quoted in a 2000 book by historian Mike Davis about these events in the “Late Victorian” era. Richard Temple (10[1])organized a successful response to one of these events in Bihar in 1874. (10[2]-5[1])These events have “never occurred in a functioning democracy” according to Amartya Sen. The ENSO phenomenon and laissez-faire trade policies exacerbated a “Great” one of these events in southern India that began in 1876. Winston Churchill has been heavily criticized for the sparsity of aid offered during one of these events (-5[1])in Bengal during World War (10[1])II. For 10 points, name these events, one of which occurred in Ireland due to a potato blight. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: famines [or food shortages; accept Bihar famine or Bengal famine or Great Famine of 1876–1878 or Southern India famine of 1876–1878 or Madras famine of 1877; accept Irish potato famine or Great Hunger or Great Famine or an Gorta Mór; accept Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World; prompt on droughts; prompt on Late Victorian Holocausts]
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Khanh NguyenUF AUF D3610
Alexander NicholsUCF BUF E49-5
Biniam AlaroUF BUF C4910
Raj DoshiUCF AUF F4910
Carter TomaskyFlorida Tech AFlorida Tech B100-5
Aryan PathakUF EUCF B10510
Leighton KarpiniaFlorida Tech BFlorida Tech A12410