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100 1 $aÓ Gráda, Cormac.
245 10 $aFamine :$ba short history /$cCormac Ó Gráda.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axiii, 327 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-317) and index.
505 00 $gCh. I.$tThe Third Horseman -- $tThe Ultimate Check -- $tTime and Place -- $tHow Common Were Famines in the Past? -- $tRemembering Famine -- $gCh. II.$tThe Horrors of Famine -- $tCrime -- $tSlavery -- $tProstitution, Infanticide, and Child Abandonment -- $tCannibalism -- $gCh. III.$tPrevention and Coping -- $tFamine Foods -- $tCountry Misers and Calculating Merchants -- $tMigration -- $gCh. IV.$tFamine Demography -- $tHierarchies of Suffering -- $tHow Many Died? -- $tGender and Age -- $tMissing Births -- $tWhat Do People Die of during Famines? -- $tLong-term Impacts -- $gCh. V.$tMarkets and Famines -- $tProfiteers -- $tFrench Economistes and Adam Smith -- $tMarkets and Famines in Practice -- $tTransport -- $gCh. VI.$tEntitlements: Bengal and Beyond -- $tBengal -- $tFood Supply and Market Failure -- $tWinners and Losers -- $gCh. VII.$tPublic and Private Action -- $tFeeding the Starving -- $tMeans of Relief -- $tCorruption -- $tNGOs and the Globalization of Relief -- $tFamine Relief as State Aid -- $gCh. VIII.$tThe "Violence of Government" -- $tWar by Another Means -- $tThe USSR -- $tThe Chinese Famine of 1959-61 -- $tEthiopia and North Korea -- $gCh. IX.$tAn End to Famine? -- $tAgricultural Trends -- $tClimate and Desertification -- $tWhere Backwardness Persists -- $tA Stitch in Time.
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.
650 0 $aFamines$xHistory.
650 0 $aFood supply$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0824/2008032488.html
852 00 $bbar$hHC79.F3$iO57 2009