The Politics of Hunger - Protest, Poverty and Policy in England, c. 1750-c. 1840 (Paperback)

The 1840s witnessed widespread hunger and malnutrition at home and mass starvation in Ireland. And yet the aptly named 'Hungry 40s' came amidst claims that, notwithstanding Malthusian prophecies, absolute biological want had been eliminated in England. The eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were supposedly the period in which the threat of famine lifted for the peoples of England. But hunger remained, in the words of Marx, an 'unremitted pressure'. The politics of hunger offers the first systematic analysis of the ways in which hunger continued to be experienced and feared, both as a lived and constant spectral presence. It also examines how hunger was increasingly used as a disciplining device in new modes of governing the population. Drawing upon a rich archive, this innovative and conceptually-sophisticated study throws new light on how hunger persisted as a political and biological force. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, Zero hunger. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2022
First published:	2020
Authors:	Carl J. Griffin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-6703-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	1-5261-6703-4
Barcode:	9781526167033

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