| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
Humanitariansim, Hunger, Modernism, International Aid, Food Studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 14, 2020) |
| Subject |
Food relief -- History
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Humanitarian assistance -- History
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Starvation -- History
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Emergency mass feeding -- History
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Nutrition -- Research -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Agriculture & Food Policy (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food) .
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Emergency mass feeding
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Food relief
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Humanitarian assistance
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Nutrition -- Research
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Starvation
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019032686 |
| ISBN |
9781501748660 |
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1501748661 |
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9781501748677 |
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150174867X |
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