Food and famine in the 21st century

著者

• Dando, William A.

書誌事項

Food and famine in the 21st century

William A. Dando, editor

ABC-CLIO, c2012

• : [set]
• v. 1
• v. 2

注記

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

v. 1. Topics and issues -- v. 2. Classic famines

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia examines specific famines throughout history and contains entries on key topics related to food production, security and policies, and famine, giving readers an in-depth look at food crises and their causes, responses to them, and outcomes. Famines have claimed more lives across human history than all the wars ever fought. This two-volume set represents the most comprehensive study of food and famine currently available, providing the broadest analysis of hunger and famine causes as well as a detailed examination of the ramifications of cultural and natural hazards upon famine. Volume one focuses upon 50 topics and issues relating to the creation of hunger and famines in the world from 4000 BCE to 2100, including an overview of how agriculture has evolved from primitive hunting and gathering that supported limited numbers of people to a worldwide system that now feeds over seven billion people. Volume two, entitled Classic Famines, begins with famines of the past, from 4000 BCE to 2100 CE, includes ten classic famine case studies, and concludes with predictions of famines we could see in the 21st century and beyond.

目次

Preface Introduction: Famines of the Past: 4000 bce-2001 ce William A. Dando Russian and Soviet Famines: 971-1947 William A. Dando Indian Famines: 1707-1943 Bimal Kanti Paul Chinese Famines: 108 bce-1961 ce William A. Dando Great Irish Famine: 1845-1850 William A. Dando Bengal Famine: 1943-1944 Andrew D. Lohman and Wiley C. Thompson Dutch Famine: 1944-1945 William A. Dando Mao's Famine: 1959-1961 Paul M. Chandler Ethiopian Famine: 1984-1985 Mary Snow and Richard Snow North Korean Famine: 1995-2000 William A. Dando Famine in the United States: A Future of Uncertainty Danny M. Vaughn Postscript-Famines of the Future: The 21st Century and Beyond William A. Dando Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB13736874
• ISBN:
  • 9781598847307
• LCCN: 2011033971
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Santa Barbara, Calif.
• ページ数/冊数: 2 v.
• 大きさ: 27 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HC79.F3
  • DC23 : 363.8
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Famines
  • LCSH : Food supply
  • LCSH : Agriculture