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  1. Poverty Complex, The (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Patti Langton
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Many countries are still prey to famine and poverty in the 1990s. The causes of famine are varied and controversial - disease, over-population, natural disasters and war are all seen as contributors. It is...

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  2. When Ireland Starved: An Gorta Mór, The Great Famine (1992)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 98 minutes), 14.99 Euros

    This four part series examines the causes and effects of poverty in Ireland, which led to the Great Famine of the 1840s, during which around a million people died. The episodes are as follows: 1. Causes of...

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  3. Bangkok: A City Speaks (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    The question of how far this example is representative of urban development problems globally is assessed by comparison with Mexico City, currently the most populated urban area in the world. An analysis of...

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  4. There is No Such Thing As... (1991 Video)

    Director
    Gavin Nettleton
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 58 min., 1997 sale: £84.50 (+VAT +p&p) four parts together

    Four programmes produced in a magazine format and covering the individualism, collectivism, poverty and welfare. All use Brighton as an example of a divided community, although the questions relate to all of...

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  5. Changing Face of Poverty, The (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines the recommendations of the Beveridge Report of 1942 on which was based the consensus on the Welfare State in Britain, which lasted into the 1970s.

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  6. Death of the Working Classes (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Hilary Henson
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates the theories behind statistics which reveal that death has a class bias, with the working classes at greater risk. The NHS has made no difference to the health gap between the social classes and...

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  7. Life and Death in Rio (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Vic Lockwood
    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Rio de Janeiro has the reputation of being the world’s most glamorous city, but nine million people who live there are subject to infectious diseases and malnutrition. Death rates are high and life...

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  8. Photographer As Witness, The (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Susan Boyd-Bowman
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Examines the part played by photographers in the discovery of poverty in late 19th-century America. The policy of eradicating social ills by government measures occurred during the period known as the...

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  9. New Green Revolution, A (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Martin Freeth
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    An economist, Keith Griffin (President of Magdalen College, Oxford) looks critically at the new ‘green revolution’ as scientists work in Mexico, Bangladesh and the Philippines to help small farmers grow...

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  10. El Salvador: The Seeds of Liberty (1982 Film)

    Director
    Glenn Silber; Tete Vasconcellos
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the position of the poor of El Salvador through interviews with military, government and church leaders, both in El Salvador and in the United States, and through interviews with the poor...

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