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Vernon, James

Hunger : A Modern History / James Vernon. - 1 online resource

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

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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 history was intricately connected with the precarious achievements of the welfare state in Britain, as well as with the development of international institutions committed to the conquest of world hunger.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674026780 9780674044678

Standard No.: 10.4159/9780674044678 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Food relief--History.--Great Britain
Hunger--Colonies--History.--Great Britain
Hunger--History.--Great Britain
Poor--Colonies--History.--Great Britain
Poor--History.--Great Britain
HISTORY / World.

LC Class. No.: HC260.P6 / P47 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.809171/241