 Davis characterizes the Indian famines under the British Raj as "colonial genocide".Some scholars, including Niall Ferguson, have disputed this judgment, while others, including Adam Jones, have affirmed it.This book explores the impact of colonialism and the introduction of capitalism during the El Niño-Southern Oscillation related famines of 1876–1878, 1896–1897, and 1899–1902, in India, China, Brazil, Ethiopia, Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and New Caledonia.