| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Routledge explorations in economic history ; 84 |
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Routledge explorations in economic history ; 84.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Food crises have always tested societies. This volume discusses societal resilience to food crises, examining the responses and strategies at the societal level that effectively helped individuals and groups to cope with drops in food supply, in various parts of the world over the past two millennia. Societal responses can be coordinated by the state, the market, or civil society. Here it is shown that it was often a combined effort, but that there were significant variations between regions and periods. The long-term, comparative perspective of the volume brings out these variations, explains them, and discusses their effects on societal resilience. This book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers across economic history, institutional economics, social history and development studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Jessica Dijkman is Assistant Professor in economic history at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Bas van Leeuwen is Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Social History, the Netherlands |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Famines -- Economic aspects
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Resilience (Personality trait)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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Famines -- Economic aspects
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Resilience (Personality trait)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dijkman, Jessica, editor.
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Leeuwen, Bas van, 1978- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780429577581 |
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0429577583 |
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9780429200632 |
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0429200633 |
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9780429575471 |
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0429575475 |
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9780429573361 |
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0429573367 |
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