Famine in European History - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Guido Alfani (Editor), Cormac Ó. Gráda (Editor)Publish date:2017-08-18Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781316631836ISBN-10:1316631834UPC:9781316631836Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Agriculture & Food, Social HistorySize:9.15 x 6.57 x 0.79 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCTR7A6J4C
Famine in European History
This is the first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages until the present. In case studies ranging from Scandinavia and Italy to Ireland and Russia, leading scholars compare the characteristics, consequences and causes of famine. The famines they describe differ greatly in size, duration and context; in many cases the damage wrought by poor harvests was confounded...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781316631836ISBN-10:1316631834UPC:9781316631836Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Agriculture & Food, Social HistorySize:9.15 x 6.57 x 0.79 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCTR7A6J4C
Alfani, Guido: - Guido Alfani is Associate Professor of Economic History at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan. An economic and social historian and an historical demographer, he has published extensively on Early Modern Italy and Europe, specialising in the history of famines and epidemics, in economic inequality, and in social alliance systems. He is the author of Calamities and the...
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