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Although Western societies cannot escape from images of famine in the present world, their direct experience of widespread hunger has receded into the past. England was one of the very first countries to escape from the shadow of famine; in this volume a team of distinguished economic, social and demographic historians analyses why.Walter, John is the author of 'Famine, Disease, and the Social Order in Early Modern Society' with ISBN 9780521406130 and ISBN 0521406137.
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