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Three famines : (Record no. 170636)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field UG-KaMUL
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20250617224332.0
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781610390651
039 9# - LEVEL OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL AND CODING DETAIL [OBSOLETE]
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040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UG-KaMUL
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 363.809
Edition information 22
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 363.809 KEN
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Keneally, Thomas.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Three famines :
Remainder of title starvation and politics /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Thomas Keneally.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York [N.Y.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. PublicAffairs,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 323 p. :
Other physical details maps ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "Previously published in 2010 in Australia by Knopf"--T.p. verso.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The three famines -- Democracy and starvation -- Short commons -- Na ture's triggers -- God's hand -- Coping -- Villains : Ireland -- Villai ns and heroes : Bengal -- Villains : Ethiopia -- Whistleblowers -- Fami ne diseases -- Evictions, movements, and emigration in Bengal and Irela nd -- Evictions and movements, Mengistu-style -- Resistance -- Relief : Ireland -- Relief : Bengal -- Relief : Ethiopia -- Other catastrophes.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Discusses the Gorta Mor in 1840s Ireland, the famine in British-cont rolled Bengal in 1943, and the string of famines in Ethiopia in the lat e 20th century, and explores the concept that while famine can be cause d by crop failures and weather conditions, famines are worsened by man- made choices such as politics and social and religious ideology.
650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Famines
General subdivision History.
Form subdivision
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
Geographic subdivision Ireland
650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Famines
General subdivision Political aspects.
Form subdivision
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
Geographic subdivision India
650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Famines
General subdivision Social aspects.
Form subdivision
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
Geographic subdivision Bengal
650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Famines
General subdivision Religious aspects.
Form subdivision
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
Geographic subdivision Ethiopia
650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Famines
Geographic subdivision
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
Form subdivision
650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Famines
Geographic subdivision
-- Bengal
General subdivision History.
Form subdivision
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Famines
Geographic subdivision
General subdivision History.
Form subdivision
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
651 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Ireland
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision Famine, 1845-1852.
651 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Bengal (India)
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 20th century.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type Books - Open Access
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     MISR Library - Open Shelves MISR Library - Open Shelves 08/06/2025   363.809 KEN 001268318 08/06/2025 08/06/2025 Books - Open Access