On an Empty Stomach
Two Hundred Years of Hunger Relief
On an Empty Stomach examines the practical techniques humanitarians have used to manage and measure starvation, from Victorian scientific soup kitchens to space-age, high-protein foods. Tracing the evolution of these techniques since the start of the nineteenth century, Tom Scott-Smith argues that humanitarianism is not a simple story of progress and improvement, but rather is profoundly shaped by sociopolitical conditions. Aid is often presented as an apolitical and technical project, but the way humanitarians conceive and tackle human needs has always been deeply influenced by culture, politics, and society. Txhese influences extend down to…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5017-4866-0
- EAN: 9781501748660
- Produktnummer: 32605973
- Verlag: Cornell University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'323 KB
- Abbildungen: 13 b&w halftones
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
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Tom Scott-Smith
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