Hunger in History represents the culmination of two years' work in human hunger by the members of the World Hunger Program at Brown University. In bringing together original and specially commissioned articles by some of the world's leading authorities on this topic, Amartya Sen, David Herlihy, Peter Garnsey, among others, the editors have succeeded in providing a strong cross-disciplinary base for the study of hunger. The volume, which includes 16 papers, looks at the problem of hunger from the beginnings of human society, defining and redefining the problem in ancient society and again in early modern and then contemporary society, and ends with an essay by the editors on solutions to the contemporary problem of hunger.
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"This comprehensive book attempts to document the prevalence, causes, and consequences of hunger throughout recorded history." Food and Nutrition Bulletin
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Hunger in History represents the culmination of two years' work in human hunger by the members of the World Hunger Program at Brown University. In bringing together original and specially commissioned articles by some of the world's leading authorities on this topic, Amartya Sen, David Herlihy, Peter Garnsey, among others, the editors have succeeded in providing a strong cross-disciplinary base for the study of hunger. The volume, which includes 16 papers, looks at the problem of hunger from the beginnings of human society, defining and redefining the problem in ancient society and again in early modern and then contemporary society, and ends with an essay by the editors on solutions to the contemporary problem of hunger.
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- Ethics of the Global Environment Pb (Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics) by Robin Attfield on page 131, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Global Imperative : An Interpretive History of the Spread of Humankind (Global History Series) by Robert P Clark in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Industrial Ecology and Global Change by Robert Socolow on page 87, and page 88
- Give Us This Day: A Lutheran Proposal for Ending World Hunger (Lutheran Voices) by Craig L. Nessan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Hungry Are Dying: Beggars and Bishops in Roman Cappadocia (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology) by Susan R. Holman on page 68, and Back Matter
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