Описание: Drawing on archival materials declassified since the fall of communism, Nicholas Ganson situates the famine of 1946-47 at the crossroads of Soviet social and political history, World War II, the Cold War, ideology, and famine in the modern world.
Автор: Alex de Waal Название: Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine ISBN: 1509524665 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509524662 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 9068.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by the early 2000s mass starvation had all-but-disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles, and a volatile global economy.
Описание: Michelle McAlpin moves beyond the concerns of previous studies of famine (most of which focus on governmental procedures designed to alleviate it) and examines hitherto neglected problems, such as the quantitative evaluation of food grain shortages, the nature and extent of popular insurance mechanisms in famine-afflicted areas, and the effects of
Автор: Hall-Matthews Название: Peasants, Famine and the State in Colonial Western India ISBN: 1403949026 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403949028 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 14673.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Recent literature has suggested that famines are complex, long-drawn-out and political processes, rather than sudden, natural phenomena. It does so by investigating their factors of production - land, capital and labour - as well as markets in credit and the cheap foodgrains they produced and, above all, their relationship with the colonial state.
Описание: Famines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the threat of global warming. That is just one of the arguments that Cormac O Grada, one of the world`s leading authorities on the history and economics of famine, develops in this wide-ranging book, which provides crucial new pers
Автор: Molly E. Brown Название: Famine Early Warning Systems and Remote Sensing Data ISBN: 3540753672 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540753674 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 29209.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Describes the interdisciplinary work of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)`s Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and its influence on methodological and development policies in the US. This book presents case studies that demonstrate the integration of physical and social science disciplines in its work.
Автор: Olivier Rubin Название: Contemporary Famine Analysis ISBN: 3319273043 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319273044 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6986.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Preface.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Understanding Famine.- Chapter 3. Classical Famine Approaches.- Chapter 4. The Entitlement Approach.- Chapter 5. The Political System.- Chapter 6. The Political Accountability Approach.
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