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Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the Pe

The first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages to present. It compares the characteristics, consequences and causes of famine

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The term "food security" does not immediately signal research done in humanities disciplines. It refers to a complex, contested issue, whose currency and signif