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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 14.6 x 22.4 cm

The siege of Leiden in 1574: starving people dying, people killing dogs for food etc. Line engraving.

New perspectives on the past (Basil Blackwell Publisher)

New perspectives on the past

Famine : social crisis and historical change / David Arnold.

vii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm

The conquest of famine / by W.R. Aykroyd.

Letter / leaflet asking for assistance to alleviate starvation in the Russian famine. A meeting was called on 23 March 1922 in St. Pancras Town Hall. Signed by the mayor.

Metropolitan Borough of St. Pancras ...  : Russian famine distress.

x, 205 pages, 34 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

In famine land : observations and experiences in India during the great drought of 1899-1900 / by J.E. Scott.

II Samuel 24: 11-19; I Chronicles 21: 9-17. On the left stands Gad, David's seer. Above, two angels hold a sword (pestilence?), corn (famine) and a flaming scourge (?) (defeat?)

1 print : engraving ; platemark 19.4 x 12.2 cm

King David is forced by God to choose between famine, defeat in battle, or a pestilence. Engraving by M. Ogier, 1676.

Hunger : the biology and politics of starvation / John R. Butterly, Jack Shepherd.

Contributions in economics and economic history

Famine in peasant societies / Ronald E. Seavoy.

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

The great Persian famine of 1870-71 / by Shoko Okazaki.

Small advertisement placed by Andrew Ure (of 13 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square) on 3 December 1845 disclaiming responsibility for declaring cargoes of potatoes free from disease, as had been wrongly stated in a printed circular issued by G.G. Cummings and Co. The Irish potato famine was causing devastation at the time.

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The siege of Leiden in 1574: starving people dying, people killing dogs for food etc. Line engraving.

Famine : social crisis and historical change / David Arnold.

The conquest of famine / by W.R. Aykroyd.

Metropolitan Borough of St. Pancras ... : Russian famine distress.

In famine land : observations and experiences in India during the great drought of 1899-1900 / by J.E. Scott.

King David is forced by God to choose between famine, defeat in battle, or a pestilence. Engraving by M. Ogier, 1676.

Hunger : the biology and politics of starvation / John R. Butterly, Jack Shepherd.

Famine in peasant societies / Ronald E. Seavoy.

The great Persian famine of 1870-71 / by Shoko Okazaki.

Diseased potatoes ... / Andrew Ure.

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The siege of Leiden in 1574: starving people dying, people killing dogs for food etc. Line engraving.

Famine : social crisis and historical change / David Arnold.

The conquest of famine / by W.R. Aykroyd.

Metropolitan Borough of St. Pancras ... : Russian famine distress.

In famine land : observations and experiences in India during the great drought of 1899-1900 / by J.E. Scott.

King David is forced by God to choose between famine, defeat in battle, or a pestilence. Engraving by M. Ogier, 1676.

Hunger : the biology and politics of starvation / John R. Butterly, Jack Shepherd.

Famine in peasant societies / Ronald E. Seavoy.

The great Persian famine of 1870-71 / by Shoko Okazaki.

Diseased potatoes ... / Andrew Ure.

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