General Information

Author/Creator

Keneally, Thomas.

Language

English.

Published

New York : PublicAffairs, c2011.

Physical Description

323 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

Discusses the Gorta Mor in 1840s Ireland, the famine in British-controlled Bengal in 1943, and the string of famines in Ethiopia in the late 20th century, and explores the concept that while famine can be caused by crop failures and weather conditions, famines are worsened by man-made choices such as politics and social and religious ideology.

Subjects

Subject

Famines > History.

Famines > Political aspects.

Famines > Social aspects.

Famines > Religious aspects.

Famines > Ireland > History > 19th century.

Famines > India > Bengal > History.

Famines > Ethiopia > History.

Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852.

Ireland > History > 19th century.

Bengal (India) > History > 20th century.

Ethiopia > History > 20th century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Thomas Keneally.

Note

"Previously published in 2010 in Australia by Knopf"--T.p. verso.

Content

The three famines -- Democracy and starvation -- Short commons -- Nature's triggers -- God's hand -- Coping -- Villains : Ireland -- Villains and heroes : Bengal -- Villains : Ethiopia -- Whistleblowers -- Famine diseases -- Evictions, movements, and emigration in Bengal and Ireland -- Evictions and movements, Mengistu-style -- Resistance -- Relief : Ireland -- Relief : Bengal -- Relief : Ethiopia -- Other catastrophes.

ISBN

1610390652

9781610390651

1610390660

9781610390668

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	363.809 KEN		General Stacks	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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