Silent Violence by Michael J Watts

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Looking at the food crisis that struck the West African Sahel during the 1970s, Watts examines the relationships between famine, climate, and political economy. Through a longue durée history and a detailed village study, Watts argues that famines are socially produced and that the market is as fickle and incalculable as the weather.

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Silent Violence by Michael J Watts

Why do famines occur and how have their effects changed through time? Why are those who produce food so often the casualties of famines? Looking at the food crisis that struck the West African Sahel during the 1970s, Michael J. Watts examines the relationships between famine, climate, and political economy.

MICHAEL J. WATTS is a professor and Class of 1963 Chair in the Geography and Development Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught for thirty-five years. His many books include Global Political Ecology, Reworking Modernity, and The Curse of the Black Gold.

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ISBN 13 9780820344454
ISBN 10 0820344451
Title Silent Violence
Author Michael J Watts
Series Geographies Of Justice And Social Transformation
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Year published 2013-01-30
Number of pages 720
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