Three famines
Subtitle: starvation and politics
By: Thomas Keneally
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781610390651; 9781610390668
Subjects: Social aspects; Political aspects; Religious aspects; Famines; History
Other titles: 3 famines
Description: 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.
Notes: "Previously published in 2010 in Australia by Knopf"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index.
Table of contents: title: The three famines; title: Democracy and starvation; title: Short commons; title: Nature's triggers; title: God's hand; title: Coping; title: Villains : Ireland; title: Villains and heroes : Bengal; title: Villains : Ethiopia; title: Whistleblowers; title: Famine diseases; title: Evictions, movements, and emigration in Bengal and Ireland; title: Evictions and movements, Mengistu-style; title: Resistance; title: Relief : Ireland; title: Relief : Bengal; title: Relief : Ethiopia; title: Other catastrophes.