Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

Description

Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe, Davis shows how the ruling elites helped produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. 15 photos. 8 maps.

• Author: Mike Davis
• Publisher: Verso
• Published: 2001
• Pages: 492
• ISBN-13: 9781859847398