Farming and Famine : Landscape Vulnerability in Northeast Ethiopia, 1889-1991 /

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Historians and scholars of Ethiopia have long struggled to understand the "Ethiopian Paradox": that is, how could Africa's most productive food production system, which sustained an extraordinary imperial culture over two millennia, also be home to periodic, gut-wrenching famine and r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crummey, Donald (Autor)
Otros Autores: McCann, James, 1950- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Landscape changes.
Famines.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects.
Agriculture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Paysages > Modifications > Éthiopie.
Famines > Éthiopie > Histoire.
Agriculture > Éthiopie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Agriculture > Éthiopie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement > Éthiopie.
Landscape changes > Ethiopia.
Famines > Ethiopia > History.
Agriculture > Ethiopia > History > 20th century.
Agriculture > Ethiopia > History > 19th century.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Ethiopia.
Ethiopia.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Editor's Preface; Note on Transliteration; Introduction, by James C. McCann; 1. Famine in Ethiopia: The Great Famine of 1888-1892 Revisited; 2. Famine in Ethiopia, 1973-1974 and 1984-1985; 3. Environment and Famine: Explanations and Interventions; 4. Farmers Cope; 5. Parameters of Landscape Change in Wallo; 6. Farmers and Landscape Change in Wallo; Appendix: Life Histories; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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