famines

In 1847, during the Great Famine, twelve-year-old Mary O'Flynn keeps a journal of life and death among Ireland's tenant farmers.

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.

In Leningrad in 1941, when Russia and Germany are at war, fourteen-year-old Georgi vows to help his family and his city during the terrible siege.

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.

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.

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.