Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-238) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the politics of basic needs -- Men of capital : making money, making nation -- Women of thrift : domesticity and home economics -- A nutritional economy : the calorie, development, and war -- A public good : Palestinian businessmen and World War II -- The vegetable racket : scarcity and the cost of living -- Conclusion : postwar austerity and the discipline of detail.