famines

Describes the causes and effects of famines and droughts throughout the world, how relief agencies help, and what can be done to prevent future famines.

In 1849 following the potato famine, an Irish boy and his brother and sister are sent by their parents on an ill-fated journey to Boston.

Presents the history of the Great Irish Famine politically, agriculturally, culturally, and demographically.

Between 1958 and 1962, Mao Zedong threw China into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up with, and overtake, Britain economically, and in many other ways, in less than fifteen years. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known with the deaths of at least 45 million people. This is the chronicle of an era in Chinese history much speculated about but never before fully documented. Before more recent open laws were passed, access to Communist Party archives had been restricted to all but the most trusted historians. This account recasts the history of the People's Republic of China.

"Provides comprehensive information on the history leading up to the Irish Potato Famine, presents accounts of narrow escapes, and discusses the legacy of the event"--Provided by publisher.

In the 1840s, as the potato famine spreads throughout Ireland, thirteen-year-old Nora finds solace in the family's large wooden cupboard where she fantasizes of cakes and other good things, and, when her father decides that they should set sail for America, the old cupboard helps make her dreams come true.

Discusses the Ethiopian famine of the 1980s within its historical, geographical, and political contexts and examines the possibility of future famines there.

Describes the causes and effects of the Irish Potato Famine, which began in 1845.

A family attempts to withstand the hardships brought about by a blight, which strikes Ireland in the 1840's, ruining potato crops.

Discusses famine in Africa and examines what has caused it, and what can be done to prevent it in the future.