Famine books

299 books were found.

Surplus People

Surplus People

Author: Jim Rees
ISBN: 9781848892040
Format: Paperback
$31.02

The Great Famine in Ireland was a catastrophe of immense proportions. Landlords, eager to dispose of 'surplus' tenants,...  Read More >>

The state of food insecurity in the world 2013: the multiple dimensions of food security

The state of food insecurity in the world 2013: the...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization ,  International Fund for Agricultural Development
ISBN: 9789251079164
Format: Paperback
$61.97

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards...  Read More >>

Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine

Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine

Author: Yang Jisheng ,  Edward Friedman
ISBN: 9780241956984
Format: Paperback
$37.99

More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold,...  Read More >>

Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland: The Kindness of Strangers

Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland: The Kindness...

Author: Professor Christine Kinealy (University of Central Lancashire)
ISBN: 9781441146489
Format: Paperback
$69.99

The Great Irish Famine was one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters of the nineteenth century. In a period...  Read More >>

Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland: The Kindness of Strangers

Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland: The Kindness...

Author: Professor Christine Kinealy (University of Central Lancashire)
ISBN: 9781441176608
Format: Hardback
$280.00

The Great Irish Famine was one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters of the nineteenth century. In a period...  Read More >>

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012: Economic Growth is Necessary but Not Sufficient to Accelerate Reduction of Hunger and Malnutrition, Russian Edition

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012: Economic...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ISBN: 9789254073169
Format: Paperback
$69.73

"The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 presents new estimates of undernourishment based on a revised and...  Read More >>

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012: Economic Growth is Necessary but Not Sufficient to Accelerate Reduction of Hunger and Malnutrition, Arabic Edition

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012: Economic...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ISBN: 9789256073167
Format: Paperback
$79.20

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 presents new estimates of undernourishment based on a revised and...  Read More >>

State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (SOFI): French Edition

State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (SOFI): French...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ISBN: 9789252073161
Format: Paperback
$69.73

"The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (SOFI) presents new estimates of undernourishment based on a revised...  Read More >>

State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (SOFI): Spanish Edition

State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (SOFI): Spanish...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ISBN: 9789253073160
Format: Paperback
$69.73

Environmental change is one of the most pressing problems facing the world community. In this volume, the authors...  Read More >>

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012: Economic Growth is Necessary but Not Sufficient to Accelerate Reduction of Hunger and Malnutrition, Chinese Edition

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012: Economic...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ISBN: 9789255073168
Format: Paperback
$69.73

"The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 presents new estimates of undernourishment based on a revised and...  Read More >>

Silent Violence: Food, Famine, and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria

Silent Violence: Food, Famine, and Peasantry in Northern...

Author: Michael J. Watts
ISBN: 9780820344454
Format: Paperback
$123.95

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Holodomor and Gorta Mór: Histories, Memories and Representations of Famine in Ukraine and Ireland

Holodomor and Gorta Mór: Histories, Memories and Representations...

Author: Christian Noack ,  Lindsay Janssen
ISBN: 9780857285577
Format: Hardback
$115.00

A comparative study of the famines of Ireland (184551) and Ukraine (193233), and how historical experiences of famine...  Read More >>

One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?

One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?

Author: Gordon Conway ,  Rajiv Shah
ISBN: 9780801478024
Format: Paperback
$56.90

In this book, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs explains the many interrelated issues critical...  Read More >>

One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?

One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?

Author: Gordon Conway ,  Rajiv Shah
ISBN: 9780801451331
Format: Hardback
$196.65

In this book, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs explains the many interrelated issues critical...  Read More >>

Domestic Politics and Drought Relief in Africa: Explaining Choices

Domestic Politics and Drought Relief in Africa: Explaining...

Author: Ngonidzashe Munemo
ISBN: 9781935049494
Format: Hardback
$91.95

Ngonidzashe Munemo challenges the conventional wisdom that African governments lack the technical capacity and political...  Read More >>

Sleepwalking into Global Famine: The World Cannot Feed 9.3 Billion People

Sleepwalking into Global Famine: The World Cannot Feed...

Author: Benny Dembitzer
ISBN: 9780957382305
Format: Paperback
$23.29

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Atlas of the Great Irish Famine

Atlas of the Great Irish Famine

Author: John Crowley ,  William J. Smyth
ISBN: 9781859184790
Format: Hardback
$142.31

The Great Famine is possibly the most pivotal event/experience in modern Irish history. Its global reach and implications...  Read More >>

The Great Irish Famine

The Great Irish Famine

Author: Cormac Ó'Gráda (University College Dublin)
ISBN: 9781139170970
Format: Undefined
$594.00

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century. Cormac O'Gráda's...  Read More >>

Recollecting Hunger; an Anthology: Cultural Memories of the Great Famine in Irish and British Fiction

Recollecting Hunger; an Anthology: Cultural Memories...

Author: Marguerite Corporaal ,  Christopher Cusack
ISBN: 9780716531289
Format: Hardback
$129.38

Recollecting Hunger brings together selections from Irish Famine novels, as well as stories from the Famine until...  Read More >>

The Feeding of Nations: Redefining Food Security for the 21st Century

The Feeding of Nations: Redefining Food Security for...

Author: Mark Gibson
ISBN: 9781439839508
Format: Hardback
$389.00

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Food and Famine in the 21st Century [2 volumes]

Food and Famine in the 21st Century [2 volumes]

Author: William A. Dando
ISBN: 9781598847307
Format: Hardback
$530.64

This comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia examines specific famines throughout history and contains entries on...  Read More >>

Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern African Cities

Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern...

Author: Bruce Frayne (University of Waterloo, Canada) ,  Caroline Moser
ISBN: 9781849714181
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The aim of this book is to promote discourse and facilitate adaptation in the face of increasing urbanization and...  Read More >>

Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe 1958-62

Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating...

Author: Frank Dikoetter ,  David Bauckham
ISBN: 9781407495750
Format: Audio
$66.03

Between 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country...  Read More >>

Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Central Asia

Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Central Asia...

Author: Hami Alpas ,  Madeleine Smith
ISBN: 9789400725041
Format: Paperback
$237.47

However the vulnerabilities which need addressing are dictated by the individual country according to the food control...  Read More >>

Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Central Asia

Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Central Asia...

Author: Hami Alpas ,  Madeleine Smith
ISBN: 9789400725010
Format: Hardback
$498.96

However the vulnerabilities which need addressing are dictated by the individual country according to the food control...  Read More >>

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