Hanover Library CatalogueThree famines : starvation and politics / Thomas Keneally.
Publication details: New York [N.Y.] : PublicAffairs, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 323 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 1610390652
- 9781610390651 :
- 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
- 363.809 22
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 - 399 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | 363.809 KENE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906000884818 |
"Previously published in 2010 in Australia by Knopf"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index.
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.
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.
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