Famine that kills [[electronic resource] ] : Darfur, Sudan / / Alex de Waal

• Autore: De Waal Alexander
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005
• Edizione: Rev. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34809624
• Soggetto topico: Famines - Sudan - Darfur; Food relief - Sudan - Darfur
• Soggetto geografico: Darfur (Sudan) Economic conditions; Darfur (Sudan) Rural conditions
• Note generali: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Oxford University).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Further Reading; Introduction; 1. 'Famine' in English; 2. Darfur; 3. The History and Concept of Famine; 4. Drought; 5. Hunger; 6. Destitution; 7. Death; 8. Relief; 9. Other Famines; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the ""world's greatest humanitarian crisis."" Twenty years previously, Darfur was also the site of a disastrous famine. Famine that Kills is a seminal account of that famine, and a social history of the region. In a new preface prepared for this revised edition, Alex de Waal analyzes the roots of the current conflict in land disputes, social disruption and impoverishment. Despite vast changes in the nature of famines and in the capacity of response, de Waal's original challenge to humanitarian theory and practice including a focus on the survival strateg
• Titolo autorizzato: Famine that kills
• ISBN: 0-19-773335-2; 0-19-988459-5; 1-280-84546-5; 0-19-804011-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782534303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in African affairs.