Famine : : A Short History / / Cormac Ó Gráda.
Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation--whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies--devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. Cormac Ó Gráda, the acclaimed autho...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 7 halftones. 16 line illus. 11 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter I: The Third Horseman
- Chapter II: The Horrors of Famine
- Chapter III: Prevention and Coping
- Chapter IV: Famine Demography
- Chapter V: Markets and Famines
- Chapter VI: Entitlements: Bengal and Beyond
- Chapter VII: Public and Private Action
- Chapter VIII: The "Violence of Government"
- Chapter IX An End to Famine?
- References
- Index