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Famine Narrative

A Famine Narrative is a disaster narrative that specifically recounts and interprets prolonged food insecurity and systemic hunger within human societies, distinguished by its focus on the socio-political, environmental, and cultural dimensions of food deprivation rather than other forms of natural or anthropogenic catastrophe.

150

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8.3K

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175

Authors

72

Institutions

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2017–2026

15

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Publications

150

Silent Violence: Food, Famine and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria

Paul E. Lovejoy, Michael Watts · African Economic History · 1984 · 793 citations

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Silent Violence: Food, Famine and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria.

O. F., Michael Watts · Population and Development Review · 1984 · 543 citations

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Cassava: The Drought, War and Famine Crop in a Changing World

Anna E. Burns, Roslyn M. Gleadow, Julie Cliff et al. · Sustainability · 2010 · 337 citations · Full text

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Late Victorian holocausts: El Nino famines and the making of the Third World

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 320 citations

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Tombstone: the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962

Choice Reviews Online · 2013 · 316 citations

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Authors

175

  1. MW
    Michael Watts

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 1.6K citations

    4

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  2. MV
    Megan Vaughan

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 194 citations

    3

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  3. PG
    Peter Gray

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 120 citations

    2

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  4. ID
    Ingrid de Zwarte

    NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Netherlands

    2 publications · 39 citations

    2

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  5. KE
    Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley

    San Diego State University, United States

    2 publications · 47 citations

    2

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Institutions

72

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    86 citations

  2. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  3. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  4. International Food Policy Research Institute

    Washington D.C., United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    58 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    91 citations

  6. University of Delhi

    New Delhi, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  7. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 25 publications · 2.2K citations

    22

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 9 publications · 584 citations

    9

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  3. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

    JIH · 3 publications · 134 citations

    3

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  4. Anthropological Quarterly

    AQ · 3 publications · 58 citations

    3

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  5. The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies

    3 publications · 86 citations

    3

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