[lbo-talk] Reading suggestions needed

[Joseph Catron]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> My daughter, age 14, is interested in reading about
>
>  1. The British in India
>  2. The Holocaust
>
>  Taking her age into consideration, can anyone recommend appropriate
>  books/essays?

I'm mildly surprised no one had yet recommended this most obvious of
choices, but:

Mike Davis' Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making
of the Third World.

http://www.amazon.com/Late-Victorian-Holocausts-Famines-Making/dp/1859843824