03167nam 2200757 a 450 991077816530332120230207230514.00-674-26814-80-674-04467-310.4159/9780674044678(CKB)1000000000786974(OCoLC)432671585(CaPaEBR)ebrary10313900(SSID)ssj0000175281(PQKBManifestationID)11163813(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175281(PQKBWorkID)10203545(PQKB)10671945(MiAaPQ)EBC3300181(DE-B1597)457790(OCoLC)1032694900(OCoLC)979832581(OCoLC)984650965(OCoLC)987921065(OCoLC)992470945(OCoLC)999371409(DE-B1597)9780674044678(Au-PeEL)EBL3300181(CaPaEBR)ebr10313900(OCoLC)923109922(EXLCZ)99100000000078697420070430d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHunger[electronic resource] a modern history /James VernonLondon, England Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20071 online resource (384 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02678-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-359) and index.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.Rigorously researched, Hunger: A Modern History draws together social, cultural, and political history, to show us how we came to have a moral, political, and social responsibility toward the hungry. Vernon forcefully reminds us how many perished from hunger in the empire and reveals how their history was intricately connected with the precarious achievements of the welfare state in Britain, as well as with the development of international institutions committed to the conquest of world hunger.PoorGreat BritainHistoryPoorGreat BritainColoniesHistoryHungerGreat BritainHistoryHungerGreat BritainColoniesHistoryFood reliefGreat BritainHistoryGreat BritainSocial policyPoorHistory.PoorColoniesHistory.HungerHistory.HungerColoniesHistory.Food reliefHistory.363.809171/241MS 6440rvkVernon James507784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778165303321Hunger779939UNINA