Traces the causes of the Great Famine that afflicted Northern Europe in the early fourteenth century, offering a perspective of what daily life was like for people living in the countries affected by the crisis.
Explains how population growth and unsustainable development affect the environment, focusing on famine and drought; and examines related sustainable practices as well as patterns of consumption.
Chronicles the tragedy of the nineteenth century Irish famine, analyzing the potato famine itself from agricultural science through the English politics and policy decisions that made it worse, to the impact of the Irish immigration in America.
The author analyzes the social, economical, and political conflicts in the Sudan, and focuses on the survival of a people who underwent severe famine and disease during the 1980s.
Discusses the worst of disasters, famine, focusing on that problem in several African countries in the 1980s and mentioning some major famines in history, such as China's in the 1870s, Ireland's of mid-nineteenth century, and Russia's of the 1920s.
