Seed Of Famine: Ecological Destruction And The Development Dilemma In The West African Sahel. by FRANKE, RICHARD W. AND CHASIN, BARBARA H.

Seed Of Famine: Ecological Destruction And The Development Dilemma In The West African Sahel. FRANKE, RICHARD W. AND CHASIN, BARBARA H.: 7365X1 Sixth Printing. Landmark Studies edition. Rowman and Allanheld, Totowa: 1980. 267 pages. Softcover. Good condition. Describes and analyzes the social and ecological destruction of the 1968-74 Sahel drought and famine, during which more than 100,000 West Africans died of starvation and hunger-related diseases, and livestock herds and agricultural productionwere critically reduced. Traces the history of this disaster to the impact of the French colonial government policy on the fragile ecology of the region and the effects of food and export regulations on agriculture and on the social strructure and interrelationships of the tribes. ISBN: 0865980535 $8.40USD
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