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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45636958 Title: Late Victorian holocausts : El Niño famines and the making of the third world Author: Mike Davis Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2001. ISBN/ISSN: 1859847390 9781859847398 9781859843826 1859843824 OCLC:45636958

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Late Victorian holocausts : El Niño famines and the making of the third world

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Late Victorian holocausts : El Niño famines and the making of the third world

Author:	Mike Davis
Publisher:	London ; New York : Verso, 2001.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Examining a series of droughts and the famines that they spawned in the last third of the 19th century, this text analyses this human tragedy. It covers its global history and lasting impacts on world economic development.
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ISBN:	1859847390 9781859847398 9781859843826 1859843824
OCLC Number:	45636958
Description:	x, 464 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Contents:	The great drought, 1876-1878. Victoria's ghosts ; "The poor eat their homes" ; Gunboats and messiahs -- El Niño and the new imperialism, 1888-1902. The government of hell ; Skeletons at the feast ; A millenarian revolutions -- Decyphering ENSO. The mystery of the monsoons ; Climates of hunger -- The political ecology of famine. The origins of the third world ; India: the modernization of poverty ; China: mandates revoked ; Brazil: race and capital in the Nordeste.
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