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Famine in Peasant Societies

Book by Ronald E. Seavoy; Greenwood Press, 1986

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Famines, Food Supply

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...Charles A. Elliott, "Famine Relief," Parliamentary...The History of Indian Famines and the Development of Famine Policy, 1858-1919...of the Drought and Famine Which Prevailed in...Romesh C. Dutt, Famines and Land Assessment...
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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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...unleashed by the Bengal famine had the dual characteristics...associated with previous famines, and 2 endemic diseases...in many previous famines, including the Bengal famine Of 1770. Dysentery...nineteenth-century famines, quoted in Famine Inquiry Commission...
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Fleeing the Famine: North America and Irish Refugees, 1845-1851

Book by Margaret M. Mulrooney; Praeger, 2003

Subjects:

Canada--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century, Ireland--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century, Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852, Irish Americans--History--19th Century, Irish--Canada--History--19th Century, Irish--Migrations--History--19th Century, Refugees--Canada--History--19th Century, Refugees--United States--History--19th Century, United States--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Irishness and the special place of the Famine contributed much to Canadians growing popular acceptance of a Famine-based Irish Canada. In the public hearings...implication, Canada, in the unfolding of the Famine. The early 1990s run-up to the sesquicentennial...
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Environment, Famine, and Politics in Ethiopia: A View from the Village

Book by Alemneh Dejene; Lynne Rienner, 1990

Subjects:

Desertification--Ethiopia, Environmental Policy--Ethiopia, Famines--Ethiopia, Land Use--Ethiopia

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Mariams book, which warns that famine is expanding to areas of the country that...affected.This is true in Wollo where famine has hit areas like Borena and Wereilu...sufficient in food. Mesfins study sees famine as the "absolute absence of food" commonly...
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The Challenges of Famine Relief: Emergency Operations in the Sudan

Book by Francis M. Deng, Larry Minear; Brookings Institution Press, 1992

Subjects:

Drought Relief--Sudan, Droughts--Sudan, Famines--Sudan, Food Relief--Sudan

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...100 ; religious factors, 92 - 93 . See also Famine in the Sudan, conflict- related Cohen, Herman...relief, 32 , 33 - 35 ; in conflict-related famine, 97 - 104 ; in drought-related famine, 50 - 54 ; endemic causes of famine and, 33...

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Journal Articles on: famine

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Coding Famine: Famine Relief and the British Raj in Rudyard Kipling's "William the Conqueror"

Journal article by Sumangala Bhattacharya; CLIO, Vol. 36, 2007

Subjects:

Authors, English--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, English--Works, British Raj, 1858-1947--Portrayals, English writers--Criticism and interpretation, English writers--Works, Famines--Portrayals, Famines--United States, Food assistance--Portrayals, Food assistance--United States, Food relief--Portrayals, Food relief--United States, Kipling, Rudyard--Criticism and interpretation, Kipling, Rudyard--Works, William the Conqueror (Short fiction)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...on the history of famines and twentieth-century famine relief--optimistically...chapter on Indian famines from 300 AD to the...chapter on the Bengal famine, stands as a literary...History of Indian Famines and Development of Famine Policy, 1858-1918...
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Beneath International Famine Relief in Ethiopia: the United States, Ethiopia, and the Debate over Relief Aid, Development Assistance, and Human Rights

Journal article by Edward Kissi; African Studies Review, Vol. 48, 2005

Subjects:

Administration, African history, Economic aid, Economic policy, Ethiopia, Famine, Food programs, Foreign exchange, Foreign policy, Government, Human rights, Humanitarian aid, Military policy, Political science, Politics, Public officials, United States

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

Beneath International Famine Relief in Ethiopia: the United States...literature on the international response to famine in Ethiopia in the 1970s and 1980s...erratic" and "reluctant" response to famine in Ethiopia. Writers who support such...
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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

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

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...does not necessarily imply famine, whereas famines cause starvation, which suggests...level of food consumption. Famine is unequal in the way it affects...general framework for analysing famines, explaining famine as a result of sudden rupture...
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Entextualizing Famine, Reconstituting Self: Testimonial Narratives from Ireland

Journal article by Eileen Moore Quinn; Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 74, 2001

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Colonies & territories, Famine, History, Ireland, Language, Self image, Theory

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Entextualizing Famine, Reconstituting Self: Testimonial Narratives...folklore workshop devoted to the Great Irish Famine, an instructor of an adult Irish language...that to get . . . relief during the Famine . . . soup kitchens and things like that...
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Famine That Kills: Darfur, Sudan (Revised Edition)

Journal article by Daniela Nascimento; African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 9, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Famine That Kills: Darfur, Sudan (Book)--Book reviews

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...understands and addresses famine crises in poor countries...relief to respond to famines and in favour of...people victims of famines. Today, this goal...problematize the concept of famine and challenge the...its responses to famine and crises of massacres...knowledge base about famines and the strategies...

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Magazine Articles on: 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

...harrowing horrors of famine are hard to imagine. Famines are an emotive subject...mortality may follow in famines wake. Second, women...resilient in times of famine than men; this may...the verge of making famine history. Recent famines, such as those in...
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The Politics of Famine in Ethiopia

Magazine article by Jonathan B. Tucker; The Nation, Vol. 240, January 19, 1985

Subjects:

Civil war--Ethiopia, Eiterean People's Liberation Front--Political activity, Ethiopia, Ethiopian foreign relations--United States, Famines--Ethiopia, Food assistance--Political aspects, Food relief--Political aspects, Soviet Union--International relations, Tigre People's Liberation Front--Political activity, United States, United States foreign relations--Ethiopia

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The Politics of Famine in Ethiopia. by Jonathan...coverage of the Ethiopian famine in the media, few Americans...the crisis, like earlier famines in Cambodia and Biafra...have been worst hit by the famine, have also been embroiled...
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The Great Irish Famine: A Crime of Free Market Economics

Magazine article by John Newsinger; Monthly Review, Vol. 47, April 1996

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British foreign relations--Ireland, Famines, Free enterprise--Social aspects, Ireland, Irish famines, Irish foreign relations--United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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The Great Irish Famine: A Crime of Free Market Economics. by...misery! had we forgotten that this was the Famine Year? And we are here in the midst of...whole crop. The result was the terrible famine of the winter of 1846-47 that was to...
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How Politics Fed the Famine

Magazine article by Christine Kinealy; Natural History, Vol. 105, January 1996

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Famine, Foreign aid, History, International trade, Ireland, Politics, Potatoes, United Kingdom

Collections: History, Entire Library

How Politics Fed the Famine by Christine Kinealy No one...Ireland got a respite as the famines toll in death and disease began...good harvests returned, the famines effects reverberated. The...large-scale emigration. The famine also changed the structure...
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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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Newspaper Articles on: famine

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Remembering Great Famine; President Pushes the World to Condemn Soviet Genocide

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 30, 2009

Subjects:

Famines, Genocide, Stalin, Joseph, Yushchenko, Viktor

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

Remembering Great Famine; President Pushes the World...perished from the Great Famine of the 1930s, Ukrainian...Viktor Yushchenko marked the famines anniversary with a fresh...the truth about the Great Famine of 1932-33. We returned...
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The Famine Was Horrifying, but History Is History and Pardons Would Be Pointless

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 20, 2011

Subjects:

Famines

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

The Famine Was Horrifying, but History Is History...were convicted of stealing food during the Famine. In most cases, these people were guilty...of our historical animosity. The Great Famine is the darkest chapter in our history...
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Sentenced to Spike Island. Then on to Hell; Desperate, Pitiful and Dying of Starvation, Tens of Thousands Were Sent to Australia for Stealing Food during the Famine. as Britain Is Urged to Give Them Pardons, We Trace the Extraordinary Journeys of Some of These Poor Souls

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 27, 2011

Subjects:

Famines--Australia, Starvation

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

...Australia for Stealing Food during the Famine. as Britain Is Urged to Give Them Pardons...Punishment was severe during the Great Famine of the 1840s, particularly for those...children transported during the Great Famine for the crime of stealing food. Many...
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A Day to Remember Those Who Died in the Famine

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 17, 2010

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Famines

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

...Day to Remember Those Who Died in the Famine. THE wind, it seems, is no respecter...memorial to commemorate the victims of the Famine, Archbishop of Tuam Michael Neary appeared...perished or emigrated during the Great Famine. Thousands marked the day around the...
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Lea Salonga Joins the 12-Hour Famine

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2010

Subjects:

Famines--Philippines, Hunger, Salonga, Lea

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

Lea Salonga Joins the 12-Hour Famine. MANILA, Philippines - International...Ambassador, will join its "12-hour Famine" tomorrow, Nov. 6, at the Flying V Arena in San Juan. The "12-hour Famine" will gather some 2,000 youth in...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famine

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Ethiopia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Lake Tana in Gondar. In the midst of famine and political instability, 10,000 Ethiopian...throughout the 1980s resulted in devastating famine and led to widespread flight to Djibouti...agriculture, continues to face problems of famine and widespread poverty. Elections held...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...increased police repression, and continual famine weakened public confidence in the Nationalist...crop failures of 1959 61; the widespread famine that resulted was responsible for from...Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Maos Secret Famine (1997); R. MacFarquhar, The Origins...
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Sudan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...year because of intermittent droughts that cause widespread famine. The government plays a major role in planning the economy...the south, diverting relief aid (primarily food) from the famine-stricken south to the Muslim north. In 1990 the United States...
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Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...desiccated the Sahel region S of the Sahara. The resulting famine, disease, and environmental destruction caused the death of...cent. and numerous civil wars were the primary causes of a famine that spread across portions of sub-Saharan Africa and most...
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Mozambique , Country, Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...suffered from one of the worst droughts of the century and from the widespread famine that ensued. Renamo rebels, who controlled most of the rural areas, blocked famine relief efforts. Civil war and starvation killed tens of thousands, and more...

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