tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281969930440774536.post841642878138682754..comments2024-01-31T05:51:41.709-08:00Comments on Christine Folch: Food Riots: About Price, Not StarvationChristine Folchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13500207215276313135noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281969930440774536.post-84626416123806197952008-05-07T04:15:00.000-07:002008-05-07T04:15:00.000-07:00What do you mean--Ethiopia begs to differ?What do you mean--Ethiopia begs to differ?Janerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470291611192653841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281969930440774536.post-14631065664178366992008-05-06T11:35:00.000-07:002008-05-06T11:35:00.000-07:00One gem I remember from Richard Pipes' course I to...One gem I remember from Richard Pipes' course I took freshman year on the Russian revolution: that the most common cause of revolts, mutinies, etc. in 19th and early 20th century Russia (maybe Europe even) was rioting over bad institutional food. Indeed, the sailors' mutiny in the great Eisenstein film Battleship Potemkin is spawned by, if I recall correctly, a particularly awful stew.Nate Barksdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666196770947794411noreply@blogger.com