Hunger in History: Food Shortage, Proverty, and Deprivation

1. Toward Understanding Hunger: Sara Millman (University of Hawaii, Hilo) and Robert W. Kates (Brown University).

Part II: Hunger in Prehistoric Societies:.

2. Global Climate and the Origins of Agriculture: Robley Matthews (Brown University), Douglas Anderson, Robert S. Chen, Thompson Webb.

3. Prehistoric Patters of Hunger: Mark Nathan Cohen (SUNY, Plattsburgh).

Part III: Hunger in Complex Societies:.

4. Agricultural Intensification, Urbanization and Hierarchy: Lucile F. Newman (Brown University), Alan Boegehold, David Herlihy, Robert W. Kates, Kurt Raaflaub.

5. Response to Food Crisis in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Peter Garnsey (Cambridge University).

6. War, Food Shortages and Relief Measures in Early China: Robin D. S. Yates (Dartmouth College).

7. The Classic Maya: Billie Lee Turner II (Clark University).

Part IV: Hunger in the Emerging World System: .

8. Colonialism, International Trade, and the Nation State: William Crossgrave (Brown University), David Egilman, Peter Heywood, Jeanne Kasperson, Ellen Messer, Albert Wessen.

9. Nutritional Status and Mortality in Eighteenth Century Europe: John D. Post (Northeaston University).

10. Food Supply in the Swiss Canton of Bern, 1847: Christian Pfister (Universitet Bern).

Part V: Hunger in the Recent Past: .

11. Organization, Information and Entitlement in the Emerging Global Food System: Sara Millman (University of Hawaii), Stanley M. Aronson, Lina M. Fruzzetti, Marida Hollos, Rose Okello, Van Whiting, Jr.

12. Hunger and Poverty in China Since 1949: Carl Riskin (City University, New York and Columbia University).

13. World Nutritional Problems: Nevin Scrimshaw (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

14. Food Entitlement and Economic Chains: Amartya Sen (Harvard University).

Part VI: Conclusion: .

15. On Ending Hunger: The Lessons of History: Sara Millman (University of Hawaii) and Robert W. Kates.