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Author Vernon, James.

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

Imprint London, England : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.

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Description xii, 369 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-359) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780674026780 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0674026780 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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