On an empty stomach : two hundred years of hunger relief /
Scott-Smith, Tom, 1980-
On an empty stomach : two hundred years of hunger relief / Tom Scott-Smith. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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"--
9781501748660 9781501748677
2019032686
Food relief--History.
Humanitarian assistance--History.
Starvation--History.
Emergency mass feeding--History.
Nutrition--Research--History.
Electronic Books.
HV696 / .O536 2020
On an empty stomach : two hundred years of hunger relief / Tom Scott-Smith. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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"--
9781501748660 9781501748677
2019032686
Food relief--History.
Humanitarian assistance--History.
Starvation--History.
Emergency mass feeding--History.
Nutrition--Research--History.
Electronic Books.
HV696 / .O536 2020