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Books on: famine relief

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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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...Context of food relief, 32 , 33 - 35 ; in conflict-related famine, 97 - 104 ; in...and future of food relief, 121 -22; information about famine relief, 42 , 51...73 ; pleas for famine aid, 48 - 49 Darfur Relief Committee, 54 Demographics...
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The Famine in Soviet Russia, 1919-1923: The Operations of the American Relief Administration

Book by H. H. Fisher; Macmillan, 1927

Subjects:

American Relief Administration, Reconstruction (1914-1939)--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Famines

Collections: History, Entire Library

...S.D.- L.P. pamphlet cited, 263 - n Famine 1922-1923, Aftermath of, 289 - 401 Famine Relief Committee of All-Russian Central Executive Committee, 71 Famine Year 1921-1922, The, 69 - 288 Farbman...
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On the Trail of the Russian Famine

Book by Frank Alfred Golder, Lincoln Hutchinson; Stanford University Press, 1927

Subjects:

American Relief Administration, Soviet Union--Economic Conditions--1917-1945, Soviet Union--Famines

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Education and vice-chairman of the Dagestan Committee for Famine Relief. Efrimenko is a young Communist and Chekist who has...gets from the lotto gambling-houses, licensed by the Famine Relief, the only sure source of revenue and encouraged by...
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A Nation of Beggars? Priests, People, and Politics in Famine Ireland, 1846-1852

Book by Donal A. Kerr; Clarendon Press, 1998

Subjects:

Catholics--Ireland--History--19th Century, Church And State--Ireland--History--19th Century, Famines--Ireland--History--19th Century, Ireland--Church History--19th Century, Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852, Ireland--Politics And Government--1837-1901, Protestants--Ireland--History--19th Century, Russell, John Russell--Earl--1792-1878--Views On Ireland, Violence--Ireland--History--19th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Churchs reaction to the Famine is now necessary. 78...Proceedings of the General Famine Relief Committee of the Royal...of Friends and the Great Famine", Studies, 39 1950 203-13. The Central Relief Committee of the Society...
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Famine in Peasant Societies

Book by Ronald E. Seavoy; Greenwood Press, 1986

Subjects:

Famines, Food Supply

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...356. Charles A. Elliott, "Famine Relief," Parliamentary Papers 1880...on the History of the Mysore Famine of 1876-1878 , v-vi, 5...20. Charles A. Elliott, "Famine Relief," Parliamentary Papers...Srivastava, The History of Indian Famines and the Development of Famine...

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Journal Articles on: famine relief

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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

...The literature on the Bengal famine of 1943 is quite extensive. The Famine Inquiry Commissions Report...challenges and triumphs of the relief effort. Kalicharan Ghoshs Famines in Bengal, 1770-1943 (Calcutta...focuses on the human costs of the famine and on administrative failures...
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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...in the international arena on famine, relief, development, and human rights...the greatest paradox of American famine relief in Ethiopia was that far from...
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Archbishop Randall Davidson, Russian Famine Relief, and the Fate of the Orthodox Clergy, 1917-1923

Journal article by Charles M. Edmondson, R. Barry Levis; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 40, 1998

Subjects:

Clergy, Davidson, Randall Thomas (1848-1930), Famine, History, Religious persecution, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Archbishop Randall Davidson, Russian Famine Relief, and the Fate of the Orthodox...and commodity contributions to famine relief would be diverted from their reputed...implied the possibility of using famine relief for political or financial gains...
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Food Supply and Economic Ideology: Indian Corn Relief during the Second Year of the Great Irish Famine (1847)

Journal article by Mohamed Salah Harzallah; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006

Subjects:

Famine victims--Ireland, Famine victims--United Kingdom, Famines--Analysis, Historiography--Analysis, Historiography--Research, Irish history, Malthus, Thomas Robert--Analysis, Malthus, Thomas Robert--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Malthus, Thomas Robert--Works, Russell, John (British politician), Smith, Adam (American politician)--Analysis, Smith, Adam (American politician)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Victims of famine--Ireland, Victims of famine--United Kingdom

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Ideology: Indian Corn Relief during the Second Year of the Great Irish Famine (1847). by Mohamed...the second year of the Famine, the Local Relief Committees played a...Dogma, Ideology and Famine Relief," History Ireland...
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Famine Relief from the Garden City to the Green Isle

Journal article by Harvey Strum; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 93, 2001

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the leaders of Irish relief in Galena acknowledged...Americans to organize famine relief committees. Galena...the spring of 1847 the famines in Ireland and Scotland...to Irish and Scottish famine relief. Citizens committees...

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Magazine Articles on: famine relief

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Putting Politics before Hunger; U.N. Famine Relief

Magazine article by William Shawcross; The Nation, Vol. 241, September 21, 1985

Subjects:

Cambodia, Economic assistance--Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Famines--International aspects, Foreign economic assistance--Ethiopia, Jansson, Kurt, United Nations. World Food Programme--Management, United Nations--Social policy

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...Politics before Hunger; U.N. Famine Relief. by William Shawcross There is a...Nations, has reacted to the Ethiopian famine. It is reminiscent of the way the...of the conditions that caused the famine. Perhaps the most important similarity...
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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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...all about the Ethiopian famine. Heres the story that President Reagan, relief groups, and the media...all about the Ethiopian famine. Heres the story that...distinctions-some not every relief official could recognize...the road to the next famine by uprooting the way...
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100-Day Relief Plan for Somalia Launched; Famine Threatens Millions with Starvation

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 29, December 1992

Subjects:

Somalia--Famines, United Nations--Relations with Somalia

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100-day relief plan for Somalia launched; famine threatens millions with starvation With famine threatening an estimated 4.5 million people...humanitarian relief supplies throughout war-torn, famine-stricken Somalia, a country on the Horn...
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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 B...extensive coverage of the Ethiopian famine in the media, few Americans...that the crisis, like earlier famines in Cambodia and Biafra, has...have been worst hit by the famine, have also been embroiled...Grassroots International, a relief agency based in Cambridge...
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Famine Update; in Ethiopia, Food Is a Weapon

Magazine article by Jonathan B. Tucker; The Nation, Vol. 242, February 8, 1986

Subjects:

Civil war--Ethiopia, Economic assistance--Ethiopia, Eritrean People's Liberation Front--Military policy, Ethiopia, Ethiopian foreign relations--United States, Famines, Food assistance--Political aspects, Food relief--Political aspects, Foreign economic assistance--Ethiopia, United States, United States foreign relations--Ethiopia

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Famine Update; in Ethiopia, Food...after the West began a major famine-relief effort in Ethiopia, starvation...mainly responsible for the famines persistence. Most of northern...The fighting also disrupted famine-relief operations. In...

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Newspaper Articles on: famine relief

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Musicians Take a Stand; Album Helps Famine Relief

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), September 9, 2011

Subjects:

Disaster relief, Food relief--International aspects, Foreign food assistance, Musicians, Sound recordings

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

...Musicians Take a Stand; Album Helps Famine Relief. Byline: MICHAEL BROWN EMERGING...After watching news coverage of the famine which is ravaging 10 million people...helpless" watching footage of the famine and was more than happy to help...
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U.N. Expands Famine Relief Work in Somalia

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 14, 2011

Subjects:

Disaster relief--Somalia, Disaster relief--United States, Food relief--International aspects, Foreign food assistance, Humanitarian aid, News agencies, The Associated Press, United Nations. World Food Programme

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

U.N. Expands Famine Relief Work in Somalia. Byline: Katharine Houreld Associated Press MOGADISHU...said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent...
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Carsley Brings Famine Relief to Worried Fans; City Saviour: Lee Carsley Ended Birmingham's Goalless Run against Derby Last Night

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 28, 2009

Subjects:

Disaster relief

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

Carsley Brings Famine Relief to Worried Fans; City Saviour: Lee Carsley Ended Birminghams Goalless...visitors, who had worked so hard for new boss Nigel Clough but came as a relief to Birmingham fans. Birmingham chairman David Gold claimed that only...
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Garcia Offers Famine Relief

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 27, 2006

Subjects:

Disaster relief

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Garcia Offers Famine Relief. Byline: JOHN EDWARDS HE has been berated as well as feted during his two years on Merseyside, but Luis Garcia is in no doubt...
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US Lifts Sanctions to Aid Famine Victims

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 21, 2011

Subjects:

Al-Qaeda, Disaster relief, Famines

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

US Lifts Sanctions to Aid Famine Victims. Byline: Richard Porritt THE...affected and yesterday the UN declared a famine in parts of Somalia. It estimates 166...Somalia, Uganda and Djibouti hit. Famine has been declared in Somalias Bakool...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famine relief

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...region. It is an area of little local relief, with an irregular drainage system and...them to meet the economic crisis with relief measures, others to put into operation...peacekeeping force administering famine relief. The economy gradually improved during...
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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 than...
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Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...and was (1840 59) assistant secretary of the treasury. He was knighted (1848) for his administration of Irish famine relief. In 1853 he headed, with Sir Stafford Northcote (later earl of Iddesleigh), the important commission that recommended...
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Li Tzu-Cheng

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...scholars he organized a government in S Shanxi prov., proclaimed a new dynasty, and sought popular support by giving famine relief and spreading songs and stories lauding his heroic qualities. By 1643 he held much of Hubei, Henan, and Shaanxi...
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Sahel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...people, and forced the mass migration southward of many people. Although rainfall and international relief efforts helped, drought and famine affected the Sahel again in the mid-1980s and early 1990s...

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