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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-04)This paper surveys the results of four recent, separate attempts at estimating agricultural output and food availability in England and Wales at points between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution. It highlights ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2011-12)The human costs of famines outlast the famines themselves. An increasing body of research points to their adverse long-run consequences for those born or in utero during them. This paper offers an introduction to the ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-04)The ramifications of the Little Ice Age, a period of cooling temperatures straddling several centuries in northwestern Europe, reach far beyond meteorology into economic, political, and cultural history. The LIA has spawned ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-03)We analyze the timing and extent of northern European temperature falls during the Little Ice Age, using standard temperature reconstructions. However, we can find little evidence of long swings or structural breaks in ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2013-03)Cannibalism is one of our darkest secrets and taboos. It is the ultimate measure of the resilience or otherwise of civilizational processes to extreme conditions. How common was cannibalism in times of famine in the past? ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2013-03)The paper is an extended review of two recent books on the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-61.
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