Famine : a short history / Cormac Ó Gráda.
2009
HC79.F3 O57 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Famine : a short history / Cormac Ó Gráda.
Author
Ó Gráda, Cormac.
ISBN
9780691122373 (alk. paper)
0691122377 (alk. paper)
0691122377 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
HC79.F3 O57 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.809
Summary
"Ó Gráda explores the causes and profound consequences of famine over the past five millennia ... He enriches our understanding of the most crucial and far-reaching aspects of famine; how food markets can mitigate famine or make it worse; famine's long-term demographic consequences; and the successes or failures of globalized disaster relief. Ó Gráda demonstrates the central role famine has played in the economic and political histories of places"--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
1. The third horseman
2. The horrors of famine
3. Prevention and coping
4. Famine demography
5. Markets and famines
6. Entitlements : Bengal and beyond
7. Public and private action
8. The "violence of government"
9. An end to famine?
2. The horrors of famine
3. Prevention and coping
4. Famine demography
5. Markets and famines
6. Entitlements : Bengal and beyond
7. Public and private action
8. The "violence of government"
9. An end to famine?