Slobodkin, Yan,  1985- <br/><br/>
The starving empire :  a history of famine in France's colonies / 
Yan Slobodkin. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  2023. 
 - pages cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Bodies and souls in Algeria, 1867 -- The mandate of Heaven in Indochina, 1884-1930 -- The nature of famine in the Sahel, 1913 -- The science of hunger in the international sphere, 1890-1939 -- The scandal of starvation in Niger, 1931 -- Taking responsibility in the French Empire, 1931-1939 -- Losing control in Vietnam, 1945 -- Imperialism without sovereignty? 
<br/><br/> "This book is a history of famine in the modern French Empire. It considers food crises in Algeria, West and Equatorial Africa, and Indochina to show how the French colonial state and the international community took increasing responsibility for subsistence, and ultimately failed to fulfill this responsibility"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501772351 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023004246 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Famines--Colonies--History.--France
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>FRANCE--Colonies--Social conditions.<br/>FRANCE--Colonies--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC279  / .S55 2023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.0944