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Famine in the remaking : food system change and mass starvation in Hawaii, Madagascar, and Cambodia / Stian Rice.
Lippincott Library HC79.F3 R53 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rice, Stian, author.
- Series:
- Radical natures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Famines--History--Case studies.
- Famines.
- Food supply--History--Case studies.
- Food supply.
- Social policy.
- History.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Famine in the Remaking examines the relationship between the reorganization of food systems and large-scale food crises through a comparative historical analysis of three famines: Hawaii in the 1820s, Madagascar in the 1920s, and Cambodia in the 1970s. This examination identifies the structural transformations that make food systems more vulnerable to failure"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 The Hawaiian Sandalwood Famines: 1820s p. 13
- 2 Madagascar's "Cactus War": 1924-30 p. 79
- 3 War and Reconstruction Famine in Cambodia: 1970-79 p. 129
- 4 Famine in the Remaking: The Structure of Food System Failure p. 194.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781949199345
- 1949199347
- 9781949199338
- 1949199339
- OCLC:
- 1117631575
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