Product Description: The court room door opened and his mother came over tearfully to his cell door and whispered, "They found him guilty" "Good lord" Mike said. "How could they" It was incredible. Don was returned and the court recessed. Their parents went to get them something to eat and upon returning asked to be locked in with their boys...read more

Product Description: Why do famines occur and how have their effects changed through time? Why are those who produce food so often the casualties of famines? Looking at the food crisis that struck the West African Sahel during the 1970s, Michael J. Watts examines the relationships between famine, climate, and political economy...read more

Product Description: This book begins by addressing the fundamental differences between data, information, and knowledge. It then considers how data can be effectively characterized in light of its diverse forms and origins before looking at the various aspects of data acquisition and storage...read more

Product Description: Describes the wide variety of records preserved in the Public Record Office available for the study of the Merchant Navy. These are a unique source for studying the history of the British merchant shipping industry and for compiling biographies of many who served in it. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Wracked by poverty, famine, and drought, Africa is typically represented as agriculturally stagnant, backward, and crisis-prone. This text, however, highlights the changing character of sub-Saharan agrarian systems by focusing on contract farming...read more