Despite its small size, Ireland boasts a wealth of historical treasures. From ancient times to the present day, the narrative ...

It is a truism that famines are caused by varying combinations of economic backwardness and human agency. Sometimes, as in medieval Europe or late Qing China, backwardness, as reflected in poor ...

A History of Famine Douglas Gollin. March/April 2016 Published on February 15, 2016 . DOUGLAS GOLLIN is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Oxford. More by Douglas Gollin ; In This ...

In his fascinating, disturbing new book, " Famine: A Short History,"... Princeton University Press, 327 pp., $27.95So far, the classic steeds of the Apocalypse - War, Pestilence, Death - gallop ...

When we think of famine, we quickly think of a natural disaster, while there are often political causes as well. A famine like Ukraine's Holodomor (1932–1933) is now recognized by more and more ...

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And his latest book is Famine: A Short History. It's based on a harm minimization strategy really, that the more famine is written about, the less they're likely to occur.

Amy Davidson on the Great Famine of 1315-17 and climate change. Skip to main content. ... the author of “The Third Horseman,” calls it “the famine history forgot.” In part, this is ...

Globe Magazine Amid Irish potato famine, a ship from Boston embarked on history’s first humanitarian mission In 1847, as hundreds of thousands were dying during the Irish potato famine, an ...

Ukraine's famine is just one of many tragedies to emerge from the Stalin era. On the 60th anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention, debate continues about the millions who died in Soviet ...