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Ireland's Great Famine and Popular Politics
Ireland's Great Famine of 1845-52 was among the most devastating food crises in modern history. A country of some eight-and-a-half-million people lost one million to hunger and …
Humanitarianism in the Modern World
This is an innovative new history of famine relief and humanitarianism. The authors apply a moral economy approach to shed new light on the forces and ideas that motivated and …
Atlas of World Hunger
Earlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be "e;making sure that people are able to get enough to eat."e; The United States spends about five …
Local Food Revolution
Demonstrating that humanity faces an imminent and prolonged global food crisis, Michael Brownlee issues a clarion call and manifesto for a revolutionary movement to localize the …
Periodical Famines
Long recognized as Ireland's greatest demographic disaster in recent history, the Great Famine of 1845–1851 has shaped Irish identities around the world. From the monuments erected …
Famine and Scarcity in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
Surveying government and crowd responses ranging from the late Middle Ages through to the early modern era, Buchanan Sharp's illuminating study examines how the English government …
Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe
The force of hunger in shaping human character and social structure has been largely overlooked. This omission is a serious one in the study of primitive society, in which …
Free World?
Free World? is a major contribution to the transnational history of humanitarianism in the postwar world. Peter Gatrell shows how and why the UN, NGOs, governments and individuals …
Famine Demography
This book deals with the important subject of famine demography. It contains case studies of the demography of historical and more recent famines in locations as far apart as …
Famine Irish
From a range of leading academics and historians, this collection of essays examines Irish emigration during the Great Famine of the 1840s. From the mechanics of how this was …
Undernutrition and Public Policy in India
Despite substantial economic growth, India has one of the highest undernutrition rates in the world; it is home to almost 40 per cent of the world's stunted children. This volume …
Selective Feeding Programmes
Over the years, Oxfam has been involved in a wide variety of health-related projects. The "Practical Health Guides" draw on this experience to put forward ideas on best practice in …