The politics of hunger : Protest, poverty and policy in England, <i>c.</i> 1750–<i>c.</i> 1840 / / Carl Griffin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480078203321
• Autore: Griffin Carl J (Carl James)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2020; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020; ©2020
• ISBN: 1-5261-5202-9; 1-5261-4563-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 263 pages) :) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 362.5094209033
• Soggetti: Hunger - England - History - 19th century; Hunger - England - History - 18th century; Poverty - England - History - 19th century; Poverty - England - History - 18th century; Electronic books.; Great Britain Social conditions 19th century; Great Britain Social conditions 18th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : 'the unremitted pressure' : on hunger politics -- Food riots and the languages of hunger -- The persistence of the discourse of starvation in the protests of the poor -- Measuring need : Speenhamland, hunger and universal pauperism -- Dietaries and the less eligibility workhouse : or, the making of the poor as biological subjects -- The biopolitics of hunger : Malthus, Hodge and the racialisation of the poor -- Telling the hunger of 'distant' others.
• Sommario/riassunto: The 1840s witnessed widespread hunger and malnutrition at home and mass starvation in Ireland. And yet the aptly named Hungry 40s came amidst claims that, notwithstanding Malthusian prophecies, absolute biological want had been eliminated in England. The eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were supposedly the period in which the threat of famine lifted for the peoples of England. But hunger remained, ; in the words of Marx, an unremitted pressure. The politics of hunger offers the first systematic analysis of the ways in which hunger continued to be experienced and feared, both as a lived and constant spectral presence. It also examines how hunger was increasingly used as a disciplining device in new modes of governing the population. Drawing upon a rich archive, this innovative and conceptually-sophisticated study throws new light on how hunger persisted as a political and biological force.

New towns for the twenty-first century : a guide to planned communities worldwide / / edited by Richard Peiser and Ann Forsyth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910554492803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 0-8122-9731-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 509 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: City in the twenty-first century book series
• Disciplina: 307.768
• Soggetti: Planned communities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I Overview of New Towns in the Twentieth and Twenty- First Centuries -- Introduction -- 1 A Brief History of New Towns -- 2 The Promises and Pitfalls of New Towns -- 3 Quality of Life in New Towns: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Know? -- Part II New Towns Around the World -- United States -- 4 New Towns in the United States -- 5 Development Lessons from Today’s Most Successful New Towns and Master- Planned Communities -- 6 New Towns as Laboratories for Local Governance -- Asia -- 7 New Towns in East and Southeast Asia -- 8 A Governance Perspective on New Towns in China -- 9 New Towns in China: The Liangzhu Story -- 10 Successes and Failures of New Towns in Hong Kong -- 11 Right Place, Right Time: The Rise of Bundang -- 12 New Towns in India -- Elsewhere -- 13 European New Towns: The End of a Model? From Pilot ; to Sustainable Territories -- 14 Governing an Adolescent Society: The Case of Almere -- 15 Ex Novo Towns in South America: A Genealogy -- 16 New Towns in Africa -- Part III Lessons on How to Build New Towns -- 17 Why Is It So Difficult to Develop Financially Successful New Towns? New Town Finance: Problems and Solutions -- 18 Organizing and Managing New Towns -- 19 Reflections from International Practice -- Part IV New Town Futures -- 20 The Twenty- First- Century New Town: Site Planning and Design -- 21 Environmental Concerns and New Towns: Four Paths -- 22 Regional New Town Development: Strategic Adaptation to Climate Change -- 23 New Towns in a New Era -- Appendix 1 Location Maps for New Towns and Planned Communities -- Appendix 2 New Towns Inventory -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: New towns—large, comprehensively planned developments on newly urbanized land—boast a mix of spaces that, in their ideal form, provide opportunities for all of the activities of daily life. From garden cities to science cities, new capitals to large military facilities, hundreds were built in the twentieth century and their approaches to planning and development were influential far beyond the new towns themselves. Although new towns are notoriously difficult to execute and their popularity has waxed and waned, major new town initiatives are increasing around the globe, notably in East Asia, South Asia, and Africa.New Towns for the Twenty-First Century considers the ideals behind new-town development, the practice of building them, and their outcomes. A roster of international and interdisciplinary contributors examines their design, planning, finances, management, governance, quality of life, and sustainability. Case studies provide histories of new towns in the United States, Asia, Africa, and Europe and impart lessons learned from practitioners. The volume identifies opportunities afforded by new towns for confronting future challenges related to climate change, urban population growth, affordable housing, economic development, and quality of life.Featuring inventories of classic new towns, twentieth-century new towns with populations over 30,000, and twenty-first-century new towns, the volume is a valuable resource for governments, policy makers, and real estate developers as well as planners, designers, and educators.Contributors: Sandy Apgar, Sai Balakrishnan, JaapJan Berg, Paul Buckhurst, Felipe Correa, Carl Duke, Reid Ewing, Ann Forsyth, Robert Freestone, Shikyo Fu, Pascaline Gaborit, Elie Gamburg, Alexander Garvin, David R. Godschalk, Tony Green, ChengHe Guan, Rachel Keeton, Steven Kellenberg, Kyung-Min Kim, Gene Kohn, Todd Mansfield, Robert W. Marans, Robert Nelson, Pike Oliver, Richard Peiser, Michelle Provoost, Peter G. Rowe, Jongpil Ryu, Andrew Stokols, Adam Tanaka, Jamie von Klemperer, Fulong Wu, Ying Xu, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Chaobin Zhou.