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In this original and timely work, David Arnold draws upon the history of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, to explain the origins and characteristics of famine. He considers whether some societies are more vulnerable to famine than others, and contests the assumption that those affected by famine are simply passive ''victims''. He compares the ways in which individuals and states have responded to the threat of mass starvation, and the relation of famine to political and social power.

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Editor's Preface Foreword Introduction 1. Definitions and Dimensions 2. Theories of Famine Causation 3. Famine in Peasant Societies 4. Famine's "Victims" 5. Subsistence and the State 6. From Opulence to Oxfam Notes on Further Reading Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/11/1988
      ISBN13: 9780631151197, 978-0631151197
      ISBN10: 0631151192
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      Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this original and timely work, David Arnold draws upon the history of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, to explain the origins and characteristics of famine. He considers whether some societies are more vulnerable to famine than others, and contests the assumption that those affected by famine are simply passive ''victims''. He compares the ways in which individuals and states have responded to the threat of mass starvation, and the relation of famine to political and social power.

      Table of Contents
      Editor's Preface Foreword Introduction 1. Definitions and Dimensions 2. Theories of Famine Causation 3. Famine in Peasant Societies 4. Famine's "Victims" 5. Subsistence and the State 6. From Opulence to Oxfam Notes on Further Reading Index.

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