Hunger in History
Published on 12. April 1990
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-55786-044-6 (ISBN)
Description
`Hunger in History' represents the culmination of two year's work in human hunger by the members of the World Hunger Program at Brown University. In bringing together original and specially commissioned articles by some of the world's leading authorities on this topic, including Amartya Sen, David Herlihy, Peter Garnsey, among others, the editors have succeeded in providing a strong cross-disciplinary base for the study of hunger. The volume, which includes 16 papers, looks at the problem of hunger from the beginnings of human society, defining and redefining the problem in ancient society and again in early modern and then contemporary society, and ends with an essay by the editors on solutions to the contemporary problem of hunger.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10figs.5M.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
833 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55786-044-6 (9781557860446)
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Content
Part I: Introduction 1. Toward Understanding Hunger: Sara Millman and Robert W. Kates Part II: Hunger in Prehistoric Societies 2. Global Climate and the Origins of Agriculture: Robley Matthews, Douglas Anderson, Robert S. Chen, Thompson Webb 3. Prehistoric Patters of Hunger: Mark Nathan Cohen Part III: Hunger in Complex Societies 4. Agricultural Intensification, Urbanization and Hierarchy: Lucile F. Newman, Alan Boegehold, David Herlihy, Robert W. Kates, Kurt Raaflaub 5. Response to Food Crisis in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Peter Garnsey 6. War, Food Shortages and Relief Measures in Early China: Robin D.S. Yates 7. The Classic Maya: Billie Lee Turner II Part IV: Hunger in the Emerging World System 8. Colonialism, International Trade, and the Nation State: William Crossgrave, David Egilman, Peter Heywood, Jeanne Kasperson, Ellen Messer, Albert Wessen 9. Nutritional Status and Mortality in Eighteenth Century Europe: John D. Post 10. Food Supply in the Swiss Canton of Bern, 1847: Christian Pfister Part V: Hunger in the Recent Past 11. Organization, Information and Entitlement in the Emerging Global Food System: Sara Millman, Stanley M. Aronson, Lina M. Fruzzetti, Marida Hollos, Rose Okello, Van Whiting, Jr. 12. Hunger and Poverty in China Since 1949: Carl Riskin 13. World Nutritional Problems: Nevin Scrimshaw 14. Food Entitlement and Economic Chains: Amartya Sen Part VI: Conclusion 15. On Ending Hunger: The Lessons of History: Robert W. Kates and Sara Millman.