The Story of an African Famine - Gender and Famine in Twentieth-Century Malawi (Paperback, New ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2007
First published:	November 2006
Authors:	Megan Vaughan
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-03551-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > Famine Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-521-03551-1
Barcode:	9780521035514

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