Keneally, Thomas

Three famines : starvation and politics / Thomas Keneally - First edition - 322 pages : maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307) and index.

Introduction : 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

9781610390651


Famines--History
Famines--History--Ireland--19th century
Famines--History--India--Bengal
Famines--History--Ethiopia

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