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Showing 1 to 20 of 148 for “"famine"”.
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Cultures of Resistance in Pre-Famine Ireland
So-called threatening letters were a form of media, frequently produced in agrarian social conflicts in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century Ireland. This thesis analyses a collection of such letters, or notices, as a means of accessing the subjectivities of some of the participants in those …
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The Famine Years in Queen's County 1845-1850
… study of the nationwide calamity of the Irish famine 1845-1850 and how it effected the county of Queen's. In general it attempts to assess the overall effect of the famine on the population, who was effected and how they were effected. It gives a more in depth analysis of the relief measures …
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The Biopolitics of Famine: British Means of Colonial Control
<p>Even the most comprehensive famine accounts rely primarily on large-scale demographic and statistical data, such as census reports and birth and death statistics, creating a “bird’s eye view” of areas plagued with famine and of the perpetrators. Famine literature, if available, allows for a much …
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Allied policy towards occupied Greece: the 1941-44 famine
… occupied Greece was ravaged by a full scale famine, claiming a total of some 260,000 victims. The famine was combatted with a large-scale relief scheme, sanctioned by the British and operated mainly through U.S. funds and other assistance. By itself this fact could appear to cast doubts to …
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Global Networks of Relief and the Great Irish Famine
… relief that were active during the Great Irish Famine. In particular, it analyses networks facilitated by the British Empire, global Catholicism, the Irish diaspora, and transnational activist groups. In so doing, it traces the social and economic factors that facilitated an unprecedented moment …
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The political economy of hunger : famine in Nigeria, 1967-70
… chapters are devoted to an analysis of the famine which resulted from the intersection of the socio-economic and political processes described above. First, the origins and development of the nutritional crisis are assessed,and linked to the pre-war food economy and political crises. Then, …
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From Feast to Famine: A Tale of Satiety and Hunger Hormones
The general metadata -- e.g., title, author, abstract, subject headings, etc. -- is publicly available, but access to the submitted files is restricted to UT Southwestern campus access and/or authorized UT Southwestern users.
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The Poor Law Union and the Famine in Carlow 1845-1847
… thesis is about the Carlow area during the early Famine years of 1845 - 1847. The first chapter is about Ireland before the Famine, the phenomenal increase in population, the great amount of poverty among the people and all the problems which accompanied both. The second chapter looks at the …
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Representing the MAJORITY WORLD famine, photojournalism and the Changing Visual Economy
… compositions in a particular style to represent famine, were repeated through the last century and how these compositions relate to current public understandings of the Majority World as a particular place. Through this discussion the thesis critically analyses public consumption of such images …
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Quarantining the past : commemorating the Great Irish Famine on Grosse-Île
… summer of 1847, the deadliest year of the Great Famine (1845-50), 100 000, predominantly Catholic, Irish made their way to the island aboard 'coffin ships'. Their already weakened state worsened by the inhumane crossing, some succumbed to typhus en route, others while in quarantine. Despite the …
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La famine Ruzagayura (Rwanda, 1943-1944): causes, conséquences et réactions des autorités
… à finalité approfondie, consacré à l’étude de la famine Ruzagayura (Rwanda, 1943-1944), a été soutenu à l’Université de Liège en septembre 2011. Dirigé par Catherine Lanneau, chargée de cours, il a également bénéficié des conseils et orientations de deux lecteurs, les Professeurs Francis Balace et …
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A feast of famine : dependency and employment in the Republic of Ireland
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Dynamic aggregation and dispersal of Escherichia coli under cycles of feast and famine
… of nutrient abundance (feast) and scarcity (famine) results in history-dependent dynamics whereby the planktonic populations appear to achieve increasing resilience to perturbation, as measured by the maximum apparent growth rate during periods of feast. By varying the frequency and amplitude …
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ESSAYS ON THE LONG –RUN IMPACTS OF THE GREAT CHINESE FAMINE ON HUMAN CAPITAL
… I study the long run effect of the Chinese famine on gender difference using a new and high-quality dataset-2004 MEDOW. By comparing the health and education outcomes of pre-famine (1956-1958), famine (1959-1961) and post-famine (1963-1965) cohorts, I find that the long run impact of famine …
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Ordering British Famine Relief Efforts in India, Ottoman Anatolia, and Qing China, 1873–1879
… the discursive process through which British famine relief advocates weighed competing claims to humanitarian assistance from famine-affected communities in different regions of the world in the 1870s: namely, during the famines in Bihar (1873–1874), Asia Minor (1873–1875), Madras (1876–1878), …
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The time famine : an unintended consequence of the way time is used at work
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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Land agents and estate management in King's County during the Great Famine, 1838 to 1853
… century, with particular emphasis on the Famine period. In particular the thesis highlights the agent's social background, training and expierence prior to commencing the agency of an estate. Through the use of numerous case studies the study examines how agents as a body dealt with the …
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A Foundation of Dust: Analyzing the Relationship between Famine and Political Stability in Developing States
… food needs and established means of transport, famine remains a threat for several states around the world. It would seem obvious that famine would be a strong destabilizing force, but this has not always been the case. This study compares several prominent famines in Ethiopia (1970-74, …
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