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03358aam a2200469 i 4500 001 AF5D024A239311E9A16D344A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190129010118 008 170821s2018 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017016793 020 $a 1509524673 020 $a 9781509524679 020 $a 1509524665 020 $a 9781509524662 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d EYM $d OCLCQ $d EQO $d GZM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HC79.F3 $b D4 2018 082 00 $a 363.809 $2 23 084 $a POL033000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a De Waal, Alex, $e author. 245 10 $a Mass starvation : $b the history and future of famine / $c Alex de Waal. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Polity Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xiv, 260 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all-but-disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles, and a volatile global economy. In Mass Starvation, world-renowned expert on humanitarian crisis and response Alex de Waal, provides an authoritative history of modern famines: their causes, dimensions, and why they ended. He analyzes starvation as a crime, and breaks new ground in examining forced starvation as an instrument of genocide and war. Refuting the enduring but erroneous view that attributes famine to overpopulation and natural disaster, he shows how political decision or political failing is an essential element in every famine, while the spread of democracy and human rights, and the ending of wars, were major factors in the near-ending of this devastating phenomenon. Hard-hitting and deeply informed, Mass Starvation explains why man-made famine and the political decisions that could end it for good must once again become a top priority for the international community"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part I: Perspectives on famine and starvation -- An unacknowledged achievement -- Famines as atrocities -- Malthus's Zombie -- A short history of modern famines -- Part II: How famines were almost eliminated -- Demography, economics, public health -- Politics, war, genocide -- The humanitarian international -- Ethiopia: no longer the land of famine -- Part III: The persistence and return of famines -- The famine that isn't coming -- The new atrocity famines -- Mass starvation in the future. 650 0 $a Famines $x History. 650 0 $a Food supply $x History. 650 0 $a Social policy. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x Globalization. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Famines. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00920590 650 7 $a Food supply. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00931196 650 7 $a Social policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122738 650 7 $a Hungersnot $2 gnd 650 7 $a Internationale Politik $2 gnd 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a De Waal, Alex. $t Mass starvation. $d Malden, MA : Polity, 2018 $z 9781509524693 $w (DLC) 2017040886 941 $a 2 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214023238.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20190129010415.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AF5D024A239311E9A16D344A97128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search