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Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850-1945 (Hardcover)
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Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850-1945 (Hardcover)
Series: New Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies
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The first book to explore the critical problem of provisioning the
"megacity" Over the past decade policymakers and scholars have come
to realize that getting food, water, and services to the millions
who live in the world's few dozen megacities is one of the
twenty-first century's most formidable challenges. As these
populations continue to grow, apocalyptic scenarios-sprawling slums
plagued by hunger, disease, and social disarray-become increasingly
plausible. In Feeding Manila in Peace and War, Daniel F. Doeppers
traces a century in the life of Manila, one of the world's great
megacities, to show how it grew and what sustained it. Although the
export of commodities played a role, Doeppers argues that change in
this era was also fueled by the relationship between the metropolis
and the surrounding countryside, and in particular by the country's
ability to provide the city's population with food and drink.
Doeppers follows each commodity-rice, produce, fish, fowl, meat,
milk, flour, coffee-in its complex connections with other
commodities. In the process he considers the changing ecology of
the region as well as the social fabric that weaves together
farmers, merchants, transporters, storekeepers, and door-to-door
vendors.
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