| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) |
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text file |
| 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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Food relief -- History.
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Food relief. |
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History. |
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Humanitarian assistance -- History.
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Humanitarian assistance. |
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Starvation -- History.
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Emergency mass feeding -- History.
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Starvation. |
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Nutrition -- Research -- History.
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Emergency mass feeding. |
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Nutrition -- Research. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Agriculture & Food Policy (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food) . |
| Indexed Term |
Humanitariansim, Hunger, Modernism, International Aid, Food Studies. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scott-Smith, Tom, 1980- On an empty stomach. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501748653 (DLC) 2019032685 |
| ISBN |
9781501748660 (electronic book) |
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1501748661 (electronic book) |
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9781501748677 (electronic book) |
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150174867X (electronic book) |
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9781501748653 (hardcover) |
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1501748653 |
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