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Hunger and history : the impact of changing food production and consumption patterns on society / edited by Robert I. Rotberg and Theodore K. Rabb ; contributors, Ester Boserup ... [and others].
Lippincott Library HD9000.5 .H83 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in interdisciplinary history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply--History.
- Food supply.
- History.
- Food consumption--History.
- Food consumption.
- Nutrition--History.
- Nutrition.
- Poverty--History.
- Poverty.
- Malnutrition--History.
- Malnutrition.
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.
- Contents:
- 1 Nutrition and history / Robert I. Rotberg Rotberg, Robert I.
- 2 Nutrition, mortality and population size: Malthus' court of last report / Susan Cotts Watkins Watkins, Susan Cotts, Etienne van de Walle Walle, Etienne van de
- 3 Food, Infection / Thomas McKeown McKeown, Thomas
- 4 Infection, hidden hunger, and history / Ann G. Carmichael Carmichael, Ann G.
- 5 The impact of scarcity and plenty on population change in England, 1571-1871 / Roger Schofield Schofield, Roger
- 6 The nutrition-mortality link in past times: a comment / Massumo Livi-Bacci Livi-Bacci, Massumo
- 7 The horticultural revolution: a cautionary note on prices / Joan Thirsk Thirsk, Joan
- 8 Social conflict and the grain supply in eighteenth-century France / Olwen Hufton Hufton, Olwen
- 9 Food entitlement, famine, and conflict / Louise A. Tilly Tilly, Louise A.
- 10 Famines, epidemics, and population growth / Michelle B. McAlpin McAlpin, Michelle B.
- 11 Better nutrition and India: a comment / Santhebachahalli G. Srikantia Srikantia, Santhebachahalli G.
- 12 Nutrition in African History / Philip D. Curtin Curtin, Philip D.
- 13 The impact of scarcity and plenty on development / Ester Boserup Boserup, Ester
- 14 Functional consequences of malnutrition for human populations: a comment / Nevin S. Scrimshaw Scrimshaw, Nevin S.
- 15 The effects of population on nutrition and economic well-being / Julian L. Simon Simon, Julian L.
- 16 Economics and population growth: a comment / Roderick C. Floud Floud, Roderick C.
- 17 Secular changes in American and British stature and nutrition / Robert W. Fogel et al. Fogel, Robert W.
- 18 Synergy among mass infections, famines and poverty / Carl E. Taylor Taylor, Carl E.
- 19 The relationship of nutrition, disease, and social conditions: a graphical presentation The Conferees
- 20 Diet and delocalization: dietary changes since 1750 / Gretel H. Pelto Pelto, Gretel H., Peretti J. Pelto Pelto, Peretti J.
- 21 The value of contemporary food and nutrition studies for historians / Nevin S. Scrimshaw Scrimshaw, Nevin S..
- Notes:
- Originally published as The Journal of interdisciplinary history, v. XIV, no. 2, Autumn 1983.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0521304385
- OCLC:
- 11235055
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