Famine: A Short History by Cormac Ó Gráda
English | June 8th, 2021 | ISBN: 0691147973, 0691122377 | 344 pages | True EPUB | 5.29 MB
Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation—whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies—devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. Cormac Ó Gráda, the acclaimed author who chronicled the tragic Irish famine in books like Black '47 and Beyond, here traces the complete history of famine from the earliest records to today.