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Klappentext This is the first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages until the present. In case studies ranging from Scandinavia and Italy to Ireland and Russia, leading scholars compare the characteristics, consequences and causes of famine. The famines they describe differ greatly in size, duration and context; in many cases the damage wrought by poor harvests was confounded by war. The roles of human action, malfunctioning markets and poor relief are a recurring theme. The chapters also take full account of demographic, institutional, economic, social and cultural aspects, providing a wealth of new information which is organized and analyzed within a comparative framework. Famine in European History represents a significant new contribution to demographic history, and will be of interest to all those who want to discover more about famines - truly horrific events which, for centuries, have been a recurring curse for the Europeans. Zusammenfassung 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 in regional case studies by leading experts to form a comprehensive picture of when and why food security across the continent became a critical issue. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Famines in Europe: an overview Guido Alfani and Cormac Ó Gráda; 2. Italy Guido Alfani, Donatella Strangio and Luca Mocarelli; 3. Spain Vicente Perez Moreda; 4. France Gerard Béaur and Jean-Michel Chevet; 5. Germany, Switzerland and Austria Dominik Collet and Daniel Krämer; 6. Low Countries Daniel Curtis, Jessica Dijkman, Thijs Lambrecht and Eric Vanhaute; 7. Britain Richard Hoyle; 8. Ireland Cormac Ó Gráda; 9. Nordic Europe Martin Dribe, Mats Olsson and Patrick Svensson; 10. Eastern Europe (Russia and the USSR) Stephen Wheatcroft; 11. The European famines of World War I and II Stephen Wheatcroft and Cormac Ó Gráda.
