
Not-So Natural Disaster
Niger 2005
Hurst & Co. (Publisher)
Published on 22. June 2009
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-1-84904-350-2 (ISBN)
Description
The tsunami was perceived as so 'un-natural' that it provoked an immediate, unprecedented international outpouring of sympathy. It took many months, by contrast, for the story of a new famine in the Sahel to make headlines. This book endeavors to shed light on a multifaceted crisis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84904-350-2 (9781849043502)
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Xavier Crombe is the research director of Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris. Jean-Herve Jezequel, a historian of Africa, is an academic advisor to MSF.