Famines in European Economic History

The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered
Herausgeber: Curran, Declan; Newby, Andrew; Luciuk, Lubomyr

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores economic, social, and political dimensions of three catastrophic famines which struck mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Europe; the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mor ) of 1845-1850, the Finnish Famine (Suuret Nalkavuodet) of the 1860s and the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932-33. In addition to providing new insights into these events on international, national and regional scales, this volume contributes to an increased comparative historiography in historical famine studies. The parallel studies presented in this book challenge and enhance established understandings of famine tragedies, including: famine causation and culpability; social and regional famine vulnerabilities; core-periphery relationships between nations and regions; degrees of national autonomy and self-sufficiency; as well as famine memory and identity. Famines in European Economic History advocates that the impact and long term consequences of famine for a nation should be understood in the context of evolving geopolitical relations that extend beyond its borders. Furthermore, regional structures within a nation can lead to unevenness in both the severity of the immediate famine crisis and the post-famine recovery. This book will be of interest to those in the fields of economic history, European history and economic geography.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780415656818
• ISBN-10: 0415656818
• Artikelnr.: 36444340

Autorenporträt

Declan Curran is Lecturer in Development Economics and Industrial Economics at Dublin City University Business School, Ireland. Lubomyr Luciuk is Professor of Political Geography at the Royal Military College of Canada and Fellow of the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto. Andrew G. Newby is Senior Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Famines in European Economic History: Introduction Section 1: The Great
Irish Famine [An Gorta Mór], 1845-1850 1. From the "haggart" to the Hudson:
The Irish Famine across many geographical scales 2. Tracing 'the march of
the enemy': Regional and local experiences of the Irish famine 3. "The
Great British Famine of 1845-50"? Ireland, the UK and Peripherality in
Famine Relief and Philanthropy Section 2: Finnish Famine, [Suuret
Nälkävuodet] 1867-1868 4. Finland's "Hunger Years" of the 1860s: The
Nineteenth Century Context 5. Feeding the Famine: Social Vulnerability and
Dislcation During the Finnish Famine of the 1860s 6. 'The Terrible
Visitation': Famine in Finland and Ireland 1845-68 Section 3: Ukrainian
Famine [Holodomor], 1932-1933 7. The origins and course of the famine of
1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine 8. 1932-33 famine losses in Ukraine within the
context of the Soviet Union 9. The uses of hunger: Stalin's solution of the
peasant and national questions in Soviet Ukraine, 1932-1933