TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keneally,Thomas
TI  - Three famines : : starvation and politics / 
SN  - 9781610390651
U1  - 363.809   22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York [N.Y.] : 
PB  - PublicAffairs, 
KW  - Famines
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - India
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Bengal
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Ethiopia
KW  -  Bengal
KW  -  Ireland
KW  -  History
KW  -  Famine, 1845-1852
KW  -  Bengal (India)
KW  -  20th century
N1  -  "Previously published in 2010 in Australia by Knopf"--T.p. verso;  Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index;  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
N2  -  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
ER  -