The politics of hunger : protest, poverty and policy in England, c. 1750-c. 1840 /: protest, poverty and policy in England, c. 1750-c. 1840. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carl Griffin.
• Authors: Griffin, Carl J (Carl James)
• Contents: Introduction: ‘the unremitted pressure’: on hunger politics; Part I: Protesting hunger ; 1 Food riots and the languages of hunger; 2The persistence of the discourse of starvation in the protests of the poor; Part II: Hunger policies ; 3 Measuring need: Speenhamland, hunger and universal pauperism; 4 Dietaries and the less eligibility workhouse: or, the making of the poor as biological subjects; Part III: Theorizing hunger ; 5 The biopolitics of hunger: Malthus, Hodge and the racialisation of the poor; 6 Telling the hunger of ‘distant’ others; Conclusions; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 362.5094209033; Poverty -- England -- History -- 18th century; Poverty -- England -- History -- 19th century; Hunger -- England -- History -- 18th century; Hunger -- England -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526145611; 9781526145635
• Related ISBNs: 9781526145628
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