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.