This book analyses the role of public action in solving the problem of hunger in the modern world and is divided into four parts: Hunger in the modern world, Famines, Undernutrition and deprivation, and Hunger and public action

Intro -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- Part I: Hunger in the Modern World -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Past and Present -- 1.2 Famine and Chronic Undernourishment -- 1.3 Some Elementary Concepts -- 1.4 Public Action for Social Security -- 2 Entitlement and...