An economic history of famine resilience. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jessica Dijkman and Bas van Leeuwen.
• Editors: Dijkman, Jessica; Leeuwen, Bas van, 1978-
• Contents: 1. Resilience to famine ca. 600 BC to present : an introduction / Jessica Dijkman and Bas van Leeuwen -- 2. Responses to famines in core regions of antiquity compared / Bas van Leeuwen and Jieli Li -- 3. Political, social and economic determinants of responses to food crises in the early Roman empire / Luuk de Ligt -- 4. Coping with famines in Ottoman Anatolia (1650-1850) / Semih Çelik -- 5. Inca responses to environmental hazards in the capital region and provinces / R. Alan Covey -- 6. Feeding the hungry : poor relief and famine in northwestern Europe, 1500-1700 / Jessica Dijkman -- 7. Whose famine? Regional differences in vulnerability and resilience during the 1840s potato famine in Belgium / Esther Beeckaert and Eric Vanhaute -- 8. The integration of food markets and increasing government intervention in Indonesia : 1815-1980s / Ulbe Bosma -- 9. Famine, relief and rhetoric of welfare in colonial North India / Sanjay Sharma -- 10. Societal responses to food shortages and famine in Russia and China / S.G. Wheatcroft -- 11. Preventable famines : response and coordination failures in 21st century famines / Stephen Devereux -- 12. Centralized vs. decentralized : dealing with famines in China and Poland (a long-term analysis) / Meimei Wang, Piotr Korys and Maciej Tyminski -- 13. The final straw that broke the camel's back : famine and migration, a global exploration / Leo Lucassen.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 363.8; Famines -- Economic aspects; Resilience (Personality trait); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; Famines -- Economic aspects; Resilience (Personality trait); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429577581; 0429577583; 9780429200632; 0429200633; 9780429575471; 0429575475; 9780429573361; 0429573367
• Related ISBNs: 9780367191283; 0367191288
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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