World hunger : 12 myths / Frances Moore Lappâe, Joseph Collins, and Peter Rosset ; with Luis Esparza.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: ENG Publication details: New York : Grove Press ; [Emeryville, CA] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c1998.Edition: 2nd ed. fully rev. and updatedDescription: x, 270 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802135919 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.8 21
LOC classification:
  • HD9000.5 .L33 1998
Contents:
Beyond Guilt and Fear -- Ch. 1. Myth 1: There's Simply Not Enough Food -- Ch. 2. Myth 2: Nature's to Blame -- Ch. 3. Myth 3: Too Many Mouths to Feed -- Ch. 4. Myth 4: Food vs. Our Environment -- Ch. 5. Myth 5: The Green Revolution Is the Answer -- Ch. 6. Myth 6: Justice vs. Production -- Ch. 7. Myth 7: The Free Market Can End Hunger -- Ch. 8. Myth 8: Free Trade Is the Answer -- Ch. 9. Myth 9: Too Hungry to Revolt -- Ch. 10. Myth 10: More U.S. Aid Will Help the Hungry -- Ch. 11. Myth 11: We Benefit from Their Hunger -- Ch. 12. Myth 12: Food vs. Freedom -- Beyond the Myths of Hunger: What We Can Do -- What We Can Do: A Resource Guide -- About Food First.
Summary: Drawing on and distilling the extensive research of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (FoodFirst), Lappe, Collins, and Rosset examine head-on the policies and politics that have kept hungry people from feeding themselves around the world, in both Third- and First-World countries, as well as the misconceptions that have obscured our own national, social, and humanitarian interests. Written in a straightforward, easy-to-read style, World Hunger: Twelve Myths shakes many tenaciously held beliefs; but most important, it convinces readers that by standing together with the hungry we can advance not only humanitarian interests, but our own well-being.
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MAIN LIBRARY Noumea 368.8 LAP 1998 Available 39228

"Food First."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-246) and index.

Beyond Guilt and Fear -- Ch. 1. Myth 1: There's Simply Not Enough Food -- Ch. 2. Myth 2: Nature's to Blame -- Ch. 3. Myth 3: Too Many Mouths to Feed -- Ch. 4. Myth 4: Food vs. Our Environment -- Ch. 5. Myth 5: The Green Revolution Is the Answer -- Ch. 6. Myth 6: Justice vs. Production -- Ch. 7. Myth 7: The Free Market Can End Hunger -- Ch. 8. Myth 8: Free Trade Is the Answer -- Ch. 9. Myth 9: Too Hungry to Revolt -- Ch. 10. Myth 10: More U.S. Aid Will Help the Hungry -- Ch. 11. Myth 11: We Benefit from Their Hunger -- Ch. 12. Myth 12: Food vs. Freedom -- Beyond the Myths of Hunger: What We Can Do -- What We Can Do: A Resource Guide -- About Food First.

Drawing on and distilling the extensive research of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (FoodFirst), Lappe, Collins, and Rosset examine head-on the policies and politics that have kept hungry people from feeding themselves around the world, in both Third- and First-World countries, as well as the misconceptions that have obscured our own national, social, and humanitarian interests. Written in a straightforward, easy-to-read style, World Hunger: Twelve Myths shakes many tenaciously held beliefs; but most important, it convinces readers that by standing together with the hungry we can advance not only humanitarian interests, but our own well-being.