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Famine that kills : Darfur, Sudan /
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 r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2005.
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| Edición: | Rev. ed. |
| Colección: | Oxford studies in African affairs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195181630 0195181638 9780198040118 0198040113 9786610845460 6610845468 |