9780521329170-0521329175-The Story of an African Famine: Gender and Famine in Twentieth-Century Malawi

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

ISBN-13: 9780521329170
ISBN-10: 0521329175
Author: Megan Vaughan
Publication date: 1987
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 192 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521329170
ISBN-10: 0521329175
Author: Megan Vaughan
Publication date: 1987
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 192 pages

Summary

The Story of an African Famine: Gender and Famine in Twentieth-Century Malawi (ISBN-13: 9780521329170 and ISBN-10: 0521329175), written by authors Megan Vaughan, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1987. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Story of an African Famine: Gender and Famine in Twentieth-Century Malawi (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.43.

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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.
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