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An examination of a series of droughts and famines caused by the influence of El Nino in the late 19th-century.
Synopsis
Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history.