Hunger in History: Food Shortage, Proverty, and Deprivation Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Introduction	1
1	Toward Understanding Hunger	3
Pt. II	Hunger in Prehistoric Societies	25
2	Global Climate and the Origins of Agriculture	27
3	Prehistoric Patterns of Hunger	56
Pt. III	Hunger in Complex Societies	99
4	Agricultural Intensification, Urbanization, and Hierarchy	101
5	Responses to Food Crisis in the Ancient Mediterranean World	126
6	War, Food Shortages, and Relief Measures in Early China	147
7	The Rise and Fall of Population and Agriculture in the Central Maya Lowlands: 300 BC to Present	178
Pt. IV	Hunger in the Emerging World System	213
8	Colonialism, International Trade, and the Nation-state	215
9	Nutritional Status and Mortality in Eighteenth-century Europe	241
10	Food Supply in the Swiss Canton of Bern, 1850	281
Pt. V	Hunger in the Recent Past	305
11	Organization, Information, and Entitlement in the Emerging Global Food System	307
12	Food, Poverty, and Development Strategy in the People's Republic of China	331
13	World Nutritional Problems	353
14	Food Entitlement and Economic Chains	374
Pt. VI	Conclusion	387
15	On Ending Hunger: The Lessons of History	389
	Contributors	408
	Index	411