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Informationen zum Autor Elias C. Mandala was born in Malawi and received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Malawi. In 1977, he came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar, and did further graduate work at the Universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin (Madison). After obtaining his Ph.D. from Minnesota, he started teaching at the University of Rochester, where he is now professor in the Department of History. He has authored many articles on the agrarian history of Southern Malawi. His Work and Control in a Peasant Economy: A History of the Lower Tchiri Valley in Malawi, 1859-1960 (University of Wisconsin Press) was a finalist for the 1990 Herskovits award. Klappentext In this groundbreaking work, Mandala argues that there is more to food studies than the analysis of famine-that hunger exists only as an integral part of abundance. Basing his case on the history of southern Malawi, he identifies several factors that explain why, although notorious for its annual food deficits, the region is not a land of frequent famine. By proving that seasonal hunger does not lead to famine in the absence of political crisis, and showing in detail how rare events get their meaning from the everyday, Mandela underscores the need to understand the daily and seasonal routines of food cultivation and eating in their own right. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations Illustrations Figures Tables Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction: Peasants Debate Academics on Food, Hunger, and Time Chaola Abolishes History Political Crises and Famine, 1862-1923 In Times of Renewal and in Times of Disaster Present Njala Against the Future of Plenty Drought, Floods, and Seasonal Hunger (Njala) Coping With and Reproducing Njala The Quiet Days Behind the Noisy Transitions In the Long Shadows of Cotton, 1860-2002 The Logic of the Peasant Garden The Daily Meal Conclusion: Order and Disorder Copilot the Same Spaceship Bibliography ...
