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Author Scott-Smith, Tom, 1980- author.

Title On an empty stomach : two hundred years of hunger relief / Tom Scott-Smith.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : humanitarian approaches to hunger -- From the classical soup kitchen to the Irish famine -- Justus Liebig and the rise of nutritional science -- Governing the diet in Victorian institutions -- Colonialism and communal strength -- Social nutrition at the League of Nations -- Military feeding during World War Two -- The medicalization of hunger and the postwar period -- High modernism and the development decade -- Low modernism after Biafra -- Small-scale devices and the low modernist legacy -- Conclusion : on an empty stomach.
Summary "This book examines the practical techniques humanitarians have used to manage and measure starvation, from Victorian soup kitchens to space-age, high-protein foods. Tracing the evolution of these techniques since the start of the nineteenth century, the book argues that humanitarianism is not a simple story of progress and improvement, but is profoundly shaped by sociopolitical conditions"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Food relief -- History.
Humanitarian assistance -- History.
Starvation -- History.
Emergency mass feeding -- History.
Nutrition -- Research -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Scott-Smith, Tom. On an empty stomach : two hundred years of hunger relief. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501748660
ISBN 9781501748653 (cloth)
9781501748660
9781501748677 (e-book)

 
    
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