Keneally, Thomas. <br/><br/>
Three famines :   starvation and politics /  
Thomas Keneally. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York [N.Y.] :   PublicAffairs,   c2011. 
 - 323 p. :    maps ;    24 cm. 
<br/><br/>  "Previously published in 2010 in Australia by Knopf"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/>  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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781610390651 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Famines --History.--Ireland --19th century.--<br/>Famines --Political aspects.--India --19th century.--<br/>Famines --Social aspects.--Bengal --19th century.--<br/>Famines --Religious aspects.--Ethiopia --19th century.--<br/>Famines --History ----19th century.--<br/>Famines --History.---- Bengal --19th century.--<br/>Famines --History.----19th century.--
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/> Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.<br/> Bengal (India) -- History -- 20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.809