Famines in European Economic History (eBook, PDF)

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

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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 Mór) of 1845-1850, the Finnish Famine (Suuret Nälkävuodet) of the 1860s and the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932/1933.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317483113
• Artikelnr.: 42725925

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