Research Catalog

Title

World hunger : 12 myths / Frances Moore Lappé, Joseph Collins, and Peter Rosset ; with Luis Esparza.

Author

Lappé, Frances Moore

Publication

New York : Grove Press ; [Emeryville, CA] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c1998.

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Additional Authors

• Collins, Joseph, 1945-
• Rosset, Peter
• Institute for Food and Development Policy (Oakland, Calif.)

Description

x, 270 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Examines the policies and politics that have kept hungry people from feeding themselves around the world, in both Third and First World countries.

Subjects

• Food Supply
• Public Policy
• Nutrition Policy
• Social policy
• Poverty
• Nutrition policy
• Agriculture and state
• Food supply

Note

• "Food First."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-246) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Beyond Guilt and Fear -- Ch. 1. Myth 1: There's Simply Not Enough Food -- Ch. 2. Myth 2: Nature's to Blame -- Ch. 3. Myth 3: Too Many Mouths to Feed -- Ch. 4. Myth 4: Food vs. Our Environment -- Ch. 5. Myth 5: The Green Revolution Is the Answer -- Ch. 6. Myth 6: Justice vs. Production -- Ch. 7. Myth 7: The Free Market Can End Hunger -- Ch. 8. Myth 8: Free Trade Is the Answer -- Ch. 9. Myth 9: Too Hungry to Revolt -- Ch. 10. Myth 10: More U.S. Aid Will Help the Hungry -- Ch. 11. Myth 11: We Benefit from Their Hunger -- Ch. 12. Myth 12: Food vs. Freedom -- Beyond the Myths of Hunger: What We Can Do -- What We Can Do: A Resource Guide -- About Food First.

ISBN

0802135919 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^98029927^

OCLC

• 39354331
• SCSB-14236969

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library