2 options
Hunger : an unnatural history / Sharman Apt Russell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, Sharman Apt.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunger--Social aspects.
- Hunger.
- Fasting--Social aspects.
- Fasting.
- Weight loss--Social aspects.
- Weight loss.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hunger is both a natural and an unnatural human condition. Sharman Apt Russell explores the range of this primal experience
- Contents:
- Contents; 1 The Hunger Artists; 2 Eighteen Hours; 3 Thirty-Six Hours; 4 Seven Days; 5 Thirty Days; 6 The Hunger Strike; 7 The Hunger Disease Studies; 8 The Minnesota Experiment; 9 The Anthropology of Hunger; 10 Anorexia Nervosa; 11 Hungry Children; 12 Protocols of Famine; 13 An End to Hunger; 14 The Top of the Mountain; Selected References and Notes; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Paperback edition first published in 2006 by Basic Books.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-7867-2239-8
- OCLC:
- 784885620
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.