An Economic History of Famine Resilience (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) - Softcover

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9780367776831: An Economic History of Famine Resilience (Routledge Explorations in Economic History)
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ISBN 10: 0367776839 ISBN 13: 9780367776831
Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

Food crises have always tested societies. This volume discusses societal resilience to food crises, examining the responses and strategies at the societal level that effectively helped individuals and groups to cope with drops in food supply, in various parts of the world over the past two millennia.

Societal responses can be coordinated by the state, the market, or civil society. Here it is shown that it was often a combined effort, but that there were significant variations between regions and periods. The long-term, comparative perspective of the volume brings out these variations, explains them, and discusses their effects on societal resilience.

This book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers across economic history, institutional economics, social history and development studies.

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About the Author

Jessica Dijkman is Assistant Professor in economic history at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Bas van Leeuwen is Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Social History, the Netherlands.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367776839
ISBN 13 
9780367776831
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
292
Editor
Dijkman Jessica, Van Leeuwen Bas

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