Hunger

A Modern History

James Vernon

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$41.00 • £35.95 • €37.95

ISBN 9780674026780

Publication Date: 11/30/2007

Short

384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

34 halftones

Belknap Press

World

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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: Educating the Citizen as Consumer
8. Remembering Hunger: The Script of British Social Democracy
9. Conclusion
Notes
Index

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