Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Hunger and the Making of the Modern World -- 2 The Humanitarian Discovery of Hunger -- 3 Hunger as Political Critique -- 4 The Science and Calculation of Hunger -- 5 Hungry England and Planning for a World of Plenty -- 6 Collective Feeding and the Welfare of...

This paper reviews recent contributions to the economics and economic history of famine. It provides a context for the history of famine in the twentieth century, which is unique. During the century, war and totalitarianism produced more famine deaths than did overpopulation and economic...