| Description |
324 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Democracy and starvation -- Short commons -- Nature's triggers -- Coping -- Villains: Ireland -- Villains and heros: Bengal -- Villains: Ethopia -- Whistle blowers -- Famine diseases -- Evictions, movements and emigration in Bengal and Ireland -- Evictions and movements, Mengistu-style -- Resistance -- Relief: Ireland Bengal and Ethiopia -- Other catastropes |
| Summary |
In a world of cyclical historic and modern famine, this account is a comparative story of three great famines. The first of these famines is An Gorta M r, the great hunger of Ireland, the famine that began in 1846 and whose end-date is a matter of debate amongst historians. In the Irish, Bengali and Ethopian famines, ideology, mindsets of governments, racial preconceptions and administrative incompetence were more lethal than the initiating blight, the loss of potatoes or rice or the grain named teff |
| Analysis |
Ethiopia |
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Famine |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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History, 1901-1999 |
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India |
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Ireland |
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Mismanagement |
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Overseas item |
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Refugees |
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Social impact |
| Notes |
"In the Irish, Bengali and Ethopian famines, ideology, mindsets of governments, racial preconceptions and administrative incompetence were more lethal than the initiating blight, the loss of potatoes or rice or the grain named teff."--Dust cover |
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Library's N copy (hbk) has original dust-jacket and is signed by the author. ANL |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index |
| Subject |
Famines -- History.
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Famines -- Ethiopia -- History.
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Famines -- India -- Bengal -- History.
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Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Ethiopia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045139
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Bengal (India) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97003385
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Ireland -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068017
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| LC no. |
2010530250 |
| ISBN |
9781610390651 |
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9781741668551 (hbk.) |
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9781741668568 (paperback) A$15.64) |
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