Hunger [electronic resource] : a modern history / James Vernon.

By: Vernon, JamesContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, England : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007Description: xii, 369 p. : illSubject(s): Poor -- Great Britain -- History | Poor -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History | Hunger -- Great Britain -- History | Hunger -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History | Food relief -- Great Britain -- History | Great Britain -- Social policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.809171/241 LOC classification: HC260.P6 | P47 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Hunger and the making of the modern world -- The humanitarian discovery of hunger -- Hunger as political critique -- The science and calculation of hunger -- Hungry England and planning for a world of plenty -- Collective feeding and the welfare of society -- You are what you eat : educating the citizen as consumer -- Remembering hunger : the script of British social democracy -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-359) and index.

Hunger and the making of the modern world -- The humanitarian discovery of hunger -- Hunger as political critique -- The science and calculation of hunger -- Hungry England and planning for a world of plenty -- Collective feeding and the welfare of society -- You are what you eat : educating the citizen as consumer -- Remembering hunger : the script of British social democracy -- Conclusion.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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