The Persian Famine of 1870-1872
Prices and Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4975210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Melville (0000-0003-2132-2175, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 309-325 |
| Publication date | 1988-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1988.tb00685.x |
| PMID | 20958663 |
| OpenAlex | W2108216624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
By whatever definitions one cares to classify food shortages and deaths resulting from lack of food, there can be little semantic difficulty in recognising a catastrophic famine in Persia (Iran) in the early 1870s. This paper briefly examines the famine in its natural, political and socio-economic context. Fluctuations in prices and in the supply of essential commodities responded primarily to weather conditions, but this response was exaggerated and in some instances triggered directly by actions in the political and economic sphere
Agricultural economics · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic shortage · Economics · Famine · Food supply · Government (linguistics · Natural resource economics · Persian · Political science · Politics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |