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Needless Hunger: Voices from a Bangladesh Village Paperback – January 1, 1979

by Betsy Hartmann (Author), James Boyce (Author)

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Why is a country with some of the world's most fertile land also the home of so many hungry people?

The authors of Needless Hunger spent two years in Bangladesh investigating the paradox of hunger in a "basketcase" country which actually produces enough grain for its people already.

Boyce and Hartmann, Bengali-speaking anthropologists, not only trace the history and structure of Bangladesh society, they also draw us into the daily lives of the people of Katni, the village where they lived.

"There is no natural barrier to the satisfaction of the basic human needs of Bangladesh's people," they conclude. "But there is the man-made barrier of a social order which benefits a few at the expense of the many." The foreign aid which pours into the country actually entrenches the very elite which keeps the majority powerless and hungry, they found.

Needless Hunger is also a book of hope which describes the strength and potential of the Bangladesh people and their desire for a society in which food-producing resources are controlled by the majority.

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75 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Food First Books
Publication date

January 1, 1979
Dimensions

5.75 x 0.25 x 8.75 inches
ISBN-10

093502803X
ISBN-13

978-0935028034
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Needless Hunger

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2006

From The Urban Mystic:

The country of Bangladesh sits on the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta and contains perhaps the most fertile land in the world. Though fully capable of feeding its own population hundreds of times over most of the people go hungry and own no property. They live as virtual slave labourers to a handful of super wealthy industry magnates. Why are so many people starving to death in this paradise on Earth? Read this book to find out. It will change the way you look at the world.

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