Famine Demography: Perspectives from the Past and Present

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Tim Dyson (, London School of Economics) Cormac Ó Gráda (, University College, Dublin)

Famine Demography

Perspectives from the Past and Present

Tim Dyson (, London School of Economics), Cormac Ó Gráda (, University College, Dublin)

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Oxford University Press
01 June 2002

Famine; Population & demography

Series: International Studies in Demography

This book deals with the important subject of famine demography. It contains case studies of the demography of historical and more recent famines in locations as far apart as Ireland, Finland, India, Burundi, Russia, Greece, Madagascar, and Japan. The authors address issues such as the role of famines in controlling population growth in the past, the nature of interactions between starvation and epidemic diseases during times of famine, and the detailed demographic consequences of famines. In the latter category issues such as the age and cause-specific profiles of excess famine mortality receive particular attention. Famine Demography illustrates how the demographic impacts of famines can vary according, for example, to the nature of the famine causation process and the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the populations which are affected. The nature and basis of sex differentials in famine mortality are a recurring theme of the book, as are the implications for human fertility and migration.

This is the only comparative volume of its kind. It is wide-ranging in time and place, but at the same time focuses sharply on a particular subject. Consequently its contents provide a unique understanding of famine demography, which should be of interest to academics and practitioners involved in limiting the consequences of famines.

Edited by: Tim Dyson ( London School of Economics), Cormac Ó Gráda (, University College, Dublin)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199251919
ISBN 10: 0199251916
Series: International Studies in Demography
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 June 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Tim Dyson and Cormac Ó Gráda: Introduction 2: Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda: Famine disease and famine mortality: lessons from the Irish experience, 1845-50 3: Timothy W. Guinnane and Cormac Ó Gráda: The workhouses and Irish famine mortality 4: Kari Pitkänen: Famine mortality in nineteenth century Finland: is there a sex bias? 5: Tim Dyson: Famine in Berar, 1896-97 and 1899-1900: echoes and chain reactions 6: Arup Maharatna: Famines and epidemics: an Indian historical perspective 7: Christian Thibon: Famine yesterday and today in Burundi 8: Serguei Adamets: Famine in nineteenth and twentieth century Russia: mortality by age, cause and gender 9: Violetta Hionidou: 'Send us food or coffins': the 1942-42 famine on the Aegean island of Syros 10: Michel Garenne, Dominique Waltisperger, Pierre Cantrelle, and Osée Ralijoana: The demographic impact of a mild famine in an African city: the case of Antananarivo, 1985-87 11: Osamu Saito: The frequency of famines as demographic correctives in the Japanese past 12: Kate Macintyre: Famine and the female mortality advantage

Tim Dyson is Professor of Population Studies at the London School of Economics. Educated in England and Canada, he has held Visiting Fellowships at the Australian National University in Canberra and the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai. In 1994-96 he was President of the British Society for Population Studies and in 1997 he addressed the Oxford Farming Conference. His main areas of research have been on the analysis of demographic time series, interactions between populations and their food supplies, and the past, present, and future population of the Indian subcontinent. He is currently working on an international project on the future of India, funded by the Wellcome Trust. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001. Cormac Ó Gráda is Professor in the Department of Economics at University College, Dublin.