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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alexander De Waal |
| ISBN: | 0195181638 9780195181630 |
| OCLC Number: | 57394862 |
| Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Oxford University). |
| Description: | xxvi, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. 'Famine' in English -- 2. Darfur -- 3. The history and concept of famine -- 4. Drought -- 5. Hunger -- 6. Destitution -- 7. Death -- 8. Relief -- 9. Other famines. |
| Series Title: | Oxford studies in African affairs. |
| Responsibility: | Alex de Waal. |
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<br>."..an interesting new preface in which he comments on events in the region since the early 1980s...a useful case study of the dynamics of famine."--Foreign Affairs<p><br>Praise for the Previous Edition: <br><br>"[A] classic study."--Andrew Natsios, Administrator, USAID<br><br>"A book of decisive practical and intellectual significance."--Craig Calhoun, President, Social Sciences Research Council<br><br>"This book and Sen's Poverty and Famines are the two most important books ever written on famine."--Sue Lautze, Director, Livelihoods Initiatives Program, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University<br><br>"A key text in understanding famine and never more relevant than today. It put people's coping strategies on the map, as well as the importance of disease-led mortality."--Dr David Keen, Reader in Complex Emergencies, London School of Economics<br><br>"The best book ever written about the region."--John Prendergast, International Crisis Group<br><p><br> Read more...
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