Silent Violence: Food, Famine, and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria

Author/Contributor(s):	Watts, Michael J
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	02/01/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Looking at the food crisis that struck the West African Sahel during the 1970s, Watts examines the relationships between famine, climate, and political economy. Through a longue durée history and a detailed village study, Watts argues that famines are socially produced and that the market is as fickle and incalculable as the weather.