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El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World

by Mike Davis

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Award-winning historian Mike Davis discloses the intimate relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident across the globe in this novel synthesis of history and science.

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Media: Hardcover Book, 464 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Verso

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ISBN-10: 1859847390

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ISBN-13: 9781859847398

Dimensions: 6.54 x 8.37 x 1.41 inches

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Categories: 19th Century History Political Economic Conditions

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