Famine, Disease and the Social Order in Early Modern Society

Cambridge University Press, 1991

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Although Western societies cannot escape from images of famine in the present world, their direct experience of widespread hunger has receded into the past. England was one of the very first countries to escape from the shadow of famine; in this volume a team of distinguished economic, social and demographic historians analyses why.

ISBN-13
9780521406130
ISBN-10
0521406137
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1991
Publication date
1991-04-26
Pages
352
Dimensions
229x152x20
Weight
520