Hunger : : A Modern History / / James Vernon.
Rigorously researched, Hunger: A Modern History draws together social, cultural, and political history, to show us how we came to have a moral, political, and social responsibility toward the hungry. Vernon forcefully reminds us how many perished from hunger in the empire and reveals how their histo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Hunger and the Making of the Modern World
- 2 The Humanitarian Discovery of Hunger
- 3 Hunger as Political Critique
- 4 The Science and Calculation of Hunger
- 5 Hungry England and Planning for a World of Plenty
- 6 Collective Feeding and the Welfare of Society
- 7 You Are What You Eat
- 8 Remembering Hunger
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index