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Author Keneally, Thomas.

Title Three famines : starvation and politics / Thomas Keneally.

Publication Info. New York [N.Y.] : PublicAffairs, 2011.
©2010

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.8 KENEALLY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.8 KENEALLY    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.8 KEN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.8 K35    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.88 KENEALLY    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  363.8 K33T    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  363.8 KE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 323 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Note "Previously published in 2010 in Australia by Knopf"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307) and index.
Contents The three famines -- Democracy and starvation -- Short commons -- Nature's triggers -- God's hand -- Coping -- Villains : Ireland -- Villains and heroes : Bengal -- Villains : Ethiopia -- Whistleblowers -- Famine diseases -- Evictions, movements, and emigration in Bengal and Ireland -- Evictions and movements, Mengistu-style -- Resistance -- Relief : Ireland -- Relief : Bengal -- Relief : Ethiopia -- Other catastrophes.
Summary Discusses the Gorta Mor in 1840s Ireland, the famine in British-controlled Bengal in 1943, and the string of famines in Ethiopia in the late 20th century, and explores the concept that while famine can be caused by crop failures and weather conditions, famines are worsened by man-made choices such as politics and social and religious ideology.
Subject Famines -- History.
Famines -- Political aspects.
Famines -- Social aspects.
Famines -- Religious aspects.
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Famines -- India -- Bengal -- History.
Famines -- Ethiopia -- History.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Bengal (India) -- History -- 20th century.
Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781610390651: $27.99
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