Rolf Bauer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rolf Bauer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rolf |
| FAMILY NAME | Bauer |
| SIGNATURE | BAUER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4284-7758 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Disasters and History
On May 17, 2021, cyclone Tauktae made landfall in the state of Gujarat on the west coast of India. Classified as an extremely severe cyclonic storm by the Indian Meteorological Department, Tauktae resulted in at least 169 deaths and the displacement of more than 200,000 people. Its destructive force was boosted by India’s struggle with the second global wave of covid-19 at the time. Tauktae made landfall on the day when India recorded its second …
The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India
Winner of the 2019 Michael Mitterauer-Prize for best monograph The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India is a pioneering work about the more than one million peasants who produced opium for the colonial state in nineteenth-century India. Based on a profound empirical analysis, Rolf Bauer not only shows that the peasants cultivated poppy against a substantial loss but he also reveals how they were coerced into the production of t…
Der Anbau von Schlafmohn bringt mir Verluste ein
Opium was a major cash-crop in nineteenth-century India. Over a million peasants cultivated poppy for the British-Indian government, which held a monopoly over the production of the drug and could thus keep the prices paid to the cultivators at an extremely low level. The major question this paper seeks to answer is why so many peasants cultivated this laborious crop despite a clear lack of financial incentives. This problem is tackled by applyin…
Didaktik der Barockpoetik. Die deutschsprachigen Poetiken von Opitz bis Gottsched als Lehrbucher der 'Poeterey'
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Didaktik der Barockpoetik. Die deutschsprachigen Poetiken von Opitz bis Gottsched als Lehrbucher der 'Poeterey'
Der Anbau von Schlafmohn bringt mir Verluste ein
Opium was a major cash-crop in nineteenth-century India. Over a million peasants cultivated poppy for the British-Indian government, which held a monopoly over the production of the drug and could thus keep the prices paid to the cultivators at an extremely low level. The major question this paper seeks to answer is why so many peasants cultivated this laborious crop despite a clear lack of financial incentives. This problem is tackled by applyin…
The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India
Winner of the 2019 Michael Mitterauer-Prize for best monograph The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India is a pioneering work about the more than one million peasants who produced opium for the colonial state in nineteenth-century India. Based on a profound empirical analysis, Rolf Bauer not only shows that the peasants cultivated poppy against a substantial loss but he also reveals how they were coerced into the production of t…
Disasters and History
On May 17, 2021, cyclone Tauktae made landfall in the state of Gujarat on the west coast of India. Classified as an extremely severe cyclonic storm by the Indian Meteorological Department, Tauktae resulted in at least 169 deaths and the displacement of more than 200,000 people. Its destructive force was boosted by India’s struggle with the second global wave of covid-19 at the time. Tauktae made landfall on the day when India recorded its second …
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