Famine : a short history / Cormac Ó Gráda.
"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 th...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2009]
|
| Subjects: |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 005 | 20211129153632.0 | ||
| 008 | 100711s2009 njua b 001 0 eng d | ||
| 010 | |a 2008032488 | ||
| 011 | |a BIB MATCHES WORLDCAT | ||
| 020 | |a 0691122377 |q acid-free paper | ||
| 020 | |a 9780691122373 |q acid-free paper | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)237199218 | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d C#P |d BWX |d CDX |d VP@ |d MNY |d MOF |d LMR |d CRH |d HEBIS |d ATU | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a HC79.F3 |b O57 2009 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 363.809 |2 22 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Ó Gráda, Cormac. |9 269207 | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Famine : |b a short history / |c Cormac Ó Gráda. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Princeton, N.J. : |b Princeton University Press, |c [2009] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2009 | |
| 300 | |a xiii, 327 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 23 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-317) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgments -- I. The third horseman -- The ultimate check -- Time and place -- How common were famines in the past? -- Remembering famine -- II. The horrors of famine -- Crime -- Slavery -- Prostitution, infanticide, and child abandonment -- Cannibalism -- III. Prevention and coping -- Famine foods -- Country misers and calculating merchants -- Migration -- IV. Famine demography -- Hierarchies of suffering -- How many died? -- Gender and age -- Missing births -- What do people die of during famines? -- Long-term impacts -- V. Markets and famines -- Profiteers -- French Économistes and Adam Smith -- Markets and famines in practice -- Transport -- Conclusion -- VI. Entitlements : Bengal and beyond -- Bengal -- Food supply and market failure -- Winners and losers -- Conclusion -- VII. Public and private action -- Feeding the starving -- Means of relief -- Corruption -- NGOs and the globalization of relief -- Famine relief as state aid -- VIII. The "violence of government" -- War by another means -- The USSR -- The Chinese famine of 1959-61 -- Ethiopia and North Korea -- IX. An end to famine? -- Agricultural trends -- Climate and desertification -- Where backwardness persists -- A stitch in time -- References -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a "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. | ||
| 588 | |a Machine converted from AACR2 source record. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Famines |x History |9 662525 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Food supply |x History. |9 653138 | |
| 907 | |a .b11722101 |b 20-03-18 |c 27-10-15 | ||
| 942 | |c B | ||
| 945 | |a 363.809 OGR |g 1 |i A453585B |j 0 |l cmain |o - |p $43.72 |q - |r - |s - |t 0 |u 0 |v 0 |w 0 |x 0 |y .i13033323 |z 29-10-15 | ||
| 952 | |0 0 |1 0 |4 0 |6 363_809000000000000_OGR |7 0 |9 332659 |a C |b C |c cmain |d 2015-10-29 |g 43.72 |i i13033323 |l 0 |m 0 |o 363.809 OGR |p A453585B |r 2015-10-29 00:00:00 |t 1 |v 43.72 |w 2021-10-31 |y B | ||
| 998 | |a b |a c |b 20-03-18 |c m |d a |e - |f eng |g nju |h 0 | ||
| 999 | |c 1209908 |d 1209908 | ||