Griffin, Carl J. <br/><br/>
The politics of hunger :  protest, poverty and policy in England, c. 1750-c. 1840 / 
Carl J. Griffin. 
 - Manchester :  Manchester University Press,  (c)2020. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 263 pages) :  illustrations (black and white). 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Front matter --  Cover --  Half Title --  Title Page --  Copyright Page --  Dedication --  Contents --  Tables and figures --  Acknowledgements --  Introduction: 'The unremitted pressure': On hunger politics --  Part I Protesting hunger --  Food riots and the languages of hunger --  The persistence of the discourse of starvation in the protests of the poor --  Part II Hunger policies --  Measuring need: Speenhamland, hunger and universal pauperism --  Dietaries and the less eligibility workhouse: or, the making of the poor as biological subjects --  Part III Theorising hunger --  The biopolitics of hunger: Malthus, Hodge and the racialisation of the poor --  Telling the hunger of 'distant' others --  Conclusions --  Select bibliography --  Index. 
<br/><br/> Systematically explores what it is conceived as 'hunger politics': the articulations of hunger as a tool of protest by poor consumers; its framing as a problem in the making of public policy; and its (elite) political languages and the attendant effects. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781526145635 9781526145611 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBC020940  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>019704861  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poverty--History--England--18th century.<br/>Poverty--History--England--19th century.<br/>Hunger--History--England--18th century.<br/>Hunger--History--England--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV4086  / .P655 2020 HC79