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LATE VICTORIAN HOLOCAUSTS
EL NINO FAMINES AND THE MAKING OF THE THIRD WORLD |
| By: |
Mike Davis |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1859843824 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781859843826 |
| Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
17 May, 2002 |
| Pages: |
470 |
| Description: |
Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. |
| Synopsis: |
Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history and to sow the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the third world. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations maps, portraits |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Verso Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |