Title: Hunger in history: food shortage, poverty, and deprivation.
Abstract: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, Dougla...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.Read More
Publication Year: 1990
Publication Date: 1990-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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