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Bassett, Thomas J.

The atlas of world hunger / Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010. - 201 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197) and index.

Locating hunger. Indicators of malnutrition ; Patterns of hunger within countries -- The sources of hunger. National resources ; Technology ; Poverty ; Exacerbating conditions and events.

Earlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be a making sure that people are able to get enough to eat. The U.S. spends about five billion dollars on food aid & related programs each year, but still, both domestically and internationally, millions of people are hungry.

ISBN: 9780226039077 0226039072

LCCN: 2009022152

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Food supply--Maps.
Atlases.
Society.
Disponibilités alimentaires.
Sécurité alimentaire.
Faim.
Pauvreté.
Changement climatique.
Technologie alimentaire.
Désastres naturels.
Désastres d'origine humaine.
Atlas.
Atlases.
Food supply.
Welternährung.
Hunger.
Armut.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Entwicklungsländer.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Maps.

LC Class. No.: G1046.E59 / B38 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 363.8/0223