Story of an African Famine - Gender and Famine in Twentieth-Century Malawi

Klappentext This account of the 1949 famine in colonial Malawi employs a wide variety of historical sources! ranging from Colonial Office documentation to the songs of women who lived through the tragedy. The analysis of the causes and development of the famine takes the reader through a detailed agricultural and social history of Southern Malwai in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries! focusing in particular on the nature of social and economic stratification! changes in kinship systems and the position of women and placing all this within the wider context of the impact of colonial rule. Zusammenfassung This account of the 1949 famine in colonial Malawi employs a wide variety of historical sources! ranging from Colonial Office documentation to the songs of women who lived through the tragedy. The analysis of the causes and development of the famine takes the reader through a detailed agricultural and social history of Southern Malwai. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; List of illustrations; Preface; Glossary; Introduction; 1. The 1949 famine; 2. Famine as a Malthusian crisis; 3. Famine as a failure of the market; 4. Food entitlement and employment; 5. Gender and famine; 6. After the famine: a conclusion; Notes; List of oral interviews; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Vaughan Megan, Megan Vaughan, Vaughan Megan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2007
• EAN: 9780521035514
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03551-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Malawi, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender studies, gender groups, African History, Famine, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)