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China: Land of Famine

Book by G. M. Wrigley, Walter H. Mallory; American Geographical Society, 1926

Subjects:

China--Famines

Collections: History, Entire Library

...views of military leaders, 166 Famine Prevention Bureau for the Government...government departments, 177 ; Famine relief, 120 , 121 ; lines...importance, 189 ; methods, 171 Famine relief surtax, 71 Famines, 1 ; cures, 107 ; drought...natural cures, 141 ; North China, 1920-1921, 2 , 3 ; political...
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Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rural Society, and Institutional Change since the Great Leap Famine

Book by Dali L. Yang; Stanford University, 1996

Subjects:

Agriculture And State--China, China--Politics And Government--1949-, Famines--China, Rural Development--China

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Put simply, the Great Leap Famine sowed the seeds for the breakup...grain to the commune while a famine swept across rural Anhui. The...demands amid the ravages of famine probably weighed heavily on...the worst-off province in China during the famine. In 1960...
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Famine in Peasant Societies

Book by Ronald E. Seavoy; Greenwood Press, 1986

Subjects:

Famines, Food Supply

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...Jutikkala, "The Great Finnish Famine in 1696-1697," Scandinavian...Kenneth Walton, "Climate and Famines in North East Scotland...19. Walter H. Mallory, China: Land of Famine, 2 , 29, 38-43. Daniel W. Mead, "Floods and Famine in China," Journal of Geography...
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Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation

Book by Amartya Sen; Oxford University Press, 1982

Subjects:

Famines, Food Supply, Poverty, Starvation

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...History and Economics of Indian Famines , London: G. Bell. LUCE...After-effects of the Bengal Famine of 1943", Sankhya , 7. MAHALANOBIS P. C., et al. 1946 , Famine and Rehabilitation in Bengal...Society . MALLORY W. H. 1926 , China: Land of Famine , New York: American Geographical...
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Writing the Irish Famine

Book by Christopher Morash; Clarendon Press, 1995

Subjects:

Famines--Ireland--History--19th Century--Historiography, Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852--Historiography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...a half-century before the Famine, Hegel Philosophy of History...passed by progress. Africa . . . China, and India, Hegel claimed...that Ireland, unlike India, China, or Africa, was within twenty...need to remember that the Irish Famine of the 1840s was by no means...

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Journal Articles on: china famine

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Lillian M. Li. Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s

Journal article by Guanzhong James Wen; China Review International, Vol. 16, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...new ways to conduct famine relief, and international...of overpopulation and famines that China had experienced since...Furthermore, all other famines, both in China and worldwide, pale...consequences. Why this famine took place at a time...whole world thought China had finally and permanently...
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Tears from Iron: Cultural Responses to Famine in Nineteenth-century China

Journal article by Andrea Janku; Medical History, Vol. 54, 2010

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Nineteenth-century China by Andrea Janku Kathryn...cultural responses to famine in nineteenth-century China, Berkeley and London...one of the most lethal famines in Chinas history that...studies on the Irish Famine of the 1840s, is perhaps...approached the North China famine of 1 876-79...
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The Maoist Urban State and Crisis: Comparing Disaster Management in the Great Tianjin Flood in 1963 and the Great Leap Forward Famine

Journal article by Lauri Paltemaa; The China Journal, 2011

Subjects:

Floods, Politics, Rural areas, Society

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1963 and the Great Leap Forward Famine by Lauri Paltemaa (ProQuest...principles and practices in Maoist China through the case of the Great...disaster management in Maoist China. It argues that, at least in urban China, the techniques and structures...
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Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform

Journal article by Jacob Reidhead; Korean Studies, Vol. 34, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...immediate topics of food, famine, and aid. The book also contrasts...specific effects of North Koreas famine. Drawing on Amartya Sens entitlement theory of famines, the authors construct food...conclusions. One, the North Korea famine was indeed due in part to aggregate...changing trade patterns with China following the collapse of the...
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Famine in a Land of Plenty: Plight of a Rice-Growing Community in Java, 1883-84

Journal article by M.R. Fernando; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 41, 2010

Subjects:

Agrarian economy--Research, Famines--Indonesia, Famines--Research, Food supply--Management, Java--Economic aspects, Rice--Management

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...1902, when both India and China experienced devastating famines causing heavy crisis mortality...severe droughts precipitating famine, as it was the case in India...does not necessarily imply famine, whereas famines cause starvation, which...general framework for analysing famines, explaining famine as a result of sudden rupture...

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Magazine Articles on: china famine

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Unsaddling a Horseman: Famines Are Less Likely Today Than at Any Time in History, Although Climate Change, Economic Crises and Regional Wars Mean They Will Never Disappear Completely. Cormac O Grada Looks at the Causes of Famine, Their Horrific Effects and the Considerable Problems Historians Have in Recording Them

Magazine article by Cormac O. Grada; History Today, Vol. 59, June 2009

Subjects:

Famines--Causes of, Famines--History, Famines--Influence, Famines--United Kingdom

Collections: History, Entire Library

...more births recorded in China in 1963 than in any...1960s. Similarly, famine hastens the deaths of...mortality may follow in famines wake. Second, women...the long history of famine, the 20th century presents...some of the greatest famines in history, including...most murderous one in China from 1959. On the other...the verge of making famine history. Recent famines...
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The African Killing Fields; You Heard All about the Ethiopian Famine. Here's the Story That President Reagan, Relief Groups, and the Media Didn't Tell You

Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; Washington Monthly, Vol. 20, September 1988

Subjects:

Eritrea--Autonomy and independence movements, Eritrean People's Liberation Front--Military policy, Ethiopia--Politics and government, Famines--Ethiopia, Guerrillas--Ethiopia, Land settlement--Africa, Tigre People's Liberation Front--Military policy, United States--Relations with Ethiopia

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...fields; you heard all about the Ethiopian famine. Heres the story that President Reagan...Kaplan You heard all about the Ethiopian famine. Heres the story that President Reagan...saturated the public with stories about the famine in Ethiopia. Television footage of starving...
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North Korea Famine Worsens: People Beat Each Other for Food

Magazine article by Gil Kezwer; Anglican Journal, Vol. 123, November 1997

Subjects:

Asia, Famine, North Korea

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

North Korea Famine Worsens: People Beat Each...Korea (North Korea) from China, near the Russian border...unconvinced of the horrific famine gripping Kim Il Jongs hermit...experience still haunts me." The famine, caused by two years of record...
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China.com

Magazine article by Diane P. Wolff; The National Interest, Fall 1997

Subjects:

China--International trade, Communism and mass media--Evaluation, Mass media policy--China, Telecommunication policy--China

Collections: Entire Library

...post-Deng era. 1 James Glase, China Business Review (November/December...about human rights violations in China, famine in Africa, war in Bosnia, there...commitments we have incurred) and move to China or Zaire. It is a question of leverage...
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Counting Christians in China: a Cautionary Report

Magazine article by Tony Lambert; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 27, January 2003

Subjects:

Catholicism, China, Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...companies doing business with China-- and, more glaringly, two...in the Mao years. In 1958-62 China suffered a severe famine.4 Only in recent years have...slowly become more transparent as China has developed trade with the West...

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Newspaper Articles on: china famine

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SO DID WE FEED THE WORLD? SATURDAY ESSAY; 25 Years Ago at Live Aid We Sang, We Danced, and We Gave and Gave to Feed a Continent. but Why, after All the Years and the Billions, Is Africa Still Riven by War and Famine?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 10, 2010

Subjects:

Concerts, Famines, Live Aid, 1985

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Years and the Billions, Is Africa Still Riven by War and Famine? Byline: by Tim Butcher FOR fortysomethings where were you...indeed has their splendid hosting of the World Cup. With booming China buying African oil, minerals, ore and other natural resources...
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U.S. Intelligence: China Doesn't See N. Korea Attacking

Newspaper article by Bill Gertz; The Washington Times, March 29, 1996

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China, North Korea, South Korea

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...rational decisions," he said. But China does not believe that the famine in North Korea will cause the...foreign support, especially from China and Russia, to sustain a large...outside help, the report says. China estimates that the North Korean...
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China Relishes Role as Mediator in Talks with U.S., N. Korea: Threat of War in Back Yard Stirs Asian Power to Act

Newspaper article by Gus Constantine; The Washington Times, May 7, 1999

Subjects:

China, North Korea

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...suspected of having been dug for nuclear use. HOW CHINA HELPS China helped stabilize the situation in the Korean peninsula...several ways: * At the height of the North Korean famine in 1996, China shipped massive amounts of food to its neighbors...
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New Thinking on China

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 19, 1997

Subjects:

China

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...loans and taxpayer subsidies for China are concerned, the bill would...Asia Development Bank Loans to China, with the exception of those...arising from natural disaster or famine. * reduce U.S. financial...that provide family planning to China. On the subject of the Peoples...
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China Seeks Calm between Koreas: North's Defector Upsets Beijing Plan

Newspaper article by Martin Sieff; The Washington Times, February 28, 1997

Subjects:

Beijing, China, China, South Korea

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...agents from trying to kill him. China would almost certainly allow...Il-sung and to deal with a famine crisis. "It may take some...to Seouls Yonhap agency. "China and the United States share...former U.S. ambassador to China and South Korea. "They both...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: china famine

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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...I. C. Y. Hsu, The Rise of Modern China (1990); C. Smith, China (1990); K. Lieberthal, Governing China: From Revolution through Reform (1995...Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Maos Secret Famine (1997); R. MacFarquhar, The Origins...
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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...replaced the monetary system in many parts of the country. Northern China was particularly affected; its canal and dam system fell into disrepair, causing extensive flooding and famine. The period, however, was marked by one major accomplishment...
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Korea

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...north its land boundaries with China (c.500 mi/800 km) and...relations with the Soviet Union and China (military aid treaties were...dissolution of the Soviet Union, China became North Koreas most important...malnutrition and, at times, famine. Relations with the United...
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Ethiopia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...in Gondar. In the midst of famine and political instability...The leading trade partners are China, Saudi Arabia, the United...1980s resulted in devastating famine and led to widespread flight...continues to face problems of famine and widespread poverty. Elections...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...resumed official diplomatic relations with China and Carter entered into a second round...multinational peacekeeping force administering famine relief. The economy gradually improved...missile defense system). Relations with China were briefly tense in Apr., 2001, after...

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