Famine
Social Crisis and Historical Change
New Perspectives on the Past
1. Edition November 1988
168 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-15119-7
John Wiley & Sons
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.
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
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
David Arnold is Professor of History of South Asia, University of London.
