Hunger The Biology and Politics of Starvation / [Recurso electrónico] :
John R. Butterly, Jack Shepherd.
- Hanover, N.H. : Dartmouth College Press : Published by University Press of New England, 2010.
- 1 online resource (x, 337 p. :) ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-321) and index.
The silent emergency -- The framework of understanding -- The basics of nutrition -- The anatomy and physiology of nutrition -- Agriculture: the birth of civilization ... and famine -- Responses on the ground -- Responses: government and international -- Responses to malnutrition -- Why do some people starve? -- Why do some people die? -- The biological basis for political behavior -- The right to food -- Best practices -- Prescription for change.