Humanitarianism in the Modern World The Moral Economy of Famine Relief

• Main Author: Götz, Norbert (auth)
• Other Authors: Brewis, Georgina (auth), Werther, Steffen (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Series: Social Sciences
• Subjects: General & world history; Social & cultural history; International humanitarian law; history of humanitarianism; history of human rights
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Takes a fresh look at the history of famine relief and humanitarianism through a novel moral economy approach, drawing on case studies of the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s, the famine in Soviet Russia in 1921-3, and the famine in Ethiopia in the mid-1980s. This book is also available as Open Acces...