03160nam 22006015 450 991029979120332120230810194626.09783319941653331994165810.1007/978-3-319-94165-3(CKB)4100000005958464(MiAaPQ)EBC5497831(DE-He213)978-3-319-94165-3(Perlego)3493856(EXLCZ)99410000000595846420180823d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640-1945 /by Steven Serels1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (209 pages)Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies,2730-97119783319941646 331994164X 1. Introduction: Becoming Poor -- 2. Survival by Conversion, 1640-1840 -- 3. Divided and Conquered, 1840-1883 -- 4. War, Disease, Famine, Destruction, 1883-1893 -- 5. An Unequal Recovery, 1893-1913 -- 6. The Cost of Living Becomes Unaffordable, 1913-1945 -- 7. Conclusion: Being Poor.The African Red Sea Littoral, currently divided between Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, is one of the poorest regions in the world. But the pastoralist communities indigenous to this region were not always poor-historically, they had access to a variety of resources that allowed them to prosper in the harsh, arid environment. This access was mediated by a robust moral economy of pastoralism that acted as a social safety net. Steven Serels charts the erosion of this moral economy, a slow-moving process that began during the Little Ice Age mega-drought of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and continued through the devastating famines of the twentieth century. By examining mass sedentarization after the Second World War as merely the latest manifestation of an inter-generational environmental and economic crisis, this book offers an innovative lens for understanding poverty in northeastern Africa.Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies,2730-9711AfricaHistoryImperialismWorld historyEconomic historyAfrican HistoryImperialism and ColonialismWorld History, Global and Transnational HistoryEconomic HistoryAfricaHistory.Imperialism.World history.Economic history.African History.Imperialism and Colonialism.World History, Global and Transnational History.Economic History.909.09824Serels Stevenauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1064437BOOK9910299791203321The Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640-19454327754UNINA