The starving empire : a history of famine in France's colonies /

"This book is a history of famine in the modern French Empire. It considers food crises in Algeria, West and Equatorial Africa, and Indochina to show how the French colonial state and the international community took increasing responsibility for subsistence, and ultimately failed to fulfill th...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Slobodkin, Yan, 1985- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Online adgang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv362chnc
Beskrivelse
Summary:"This book is a history of famine in the modern French Empire. It considers food crises in Algeria, West and Equatorial Africa, and Indochina to show how the French colonial state and the international community took increasing responsibility for subsistence, and ultimately failed to fulfill this responsibility"--
Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource (x, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501772368
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