From Hunger to Malnutrition : The Political Economy of Scientific Knowledge in Europe, 1918-1960 (L'Europe alimentaire / European Food Issues / Europa alimentaria / L'Europa alimentare 3) （2012. 376 S. 220 mm）

Barona Vilar, Josep

PETER LANG（2012発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 376 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789052018560

Full Description

Hunger and nutrition are central to public health, social stability and a balanced economy. A powerful interdisciplinary field has recently emerged among demographers, cultural, economic and science historians around food studies. This book is a study of the historical interactions between diet, hunger and health in contemporary Europe. The author uses archival sources from the League of Nations, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the Rockefeller Foundation and the World Health Organisation to show the impact of food shortages on the health of the European population during the first half of the twentieth century. In the context of the international diplomatic reaction and national health and nutritional policies, the book shows how these exceptional circumstances led to new scientific research, the production and circulation of scientific knowledge, and the political role of experts, as a new political economy of scientific knowledge about food and diet was developed during the central decades of the twentieth century.

Contents

Contentsof Scientific Knowledge in the 20th century - The Production of Scientific Knowledge and Social Practices: the International Response - Defining Risks - Food, Famine and Relief in Wartime - The Post-war Food Crisis and the Impairment of Health Conditions - The Global Politics of Food and Hunger. From the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA) to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) - World Food Surveys (1946-1960): Economy, Science, and Politics - Joint FAO/WHO Nutrition Committee - Nutrition, Public Health and Education.