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" The atlas of world hunger / "
Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson.
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BL
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960926
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b715296
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Bassett, Thomas J.
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The atlas of world hunger /\ Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson.
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Chicago, Ill. :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (201 pages) :: illustrations (some color), color maps
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0226039072
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: 0226039080
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: 1282584642
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: 6612584645
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: 9780226039077
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: 9780226039084
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: 9781282584648
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: 9786612584640
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197) and index.
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| Contents
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Locating hunger. Indicators of malnutrition ; Patterns of hunger within countries -- The sources of hunger. National resources ; Technology ; Poverty ; Exacerbating conditions and events.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Atlases.
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Food supply, Maps.
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Atlases.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Food supply.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Society.
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363.8/0223
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G1046.E59B38 2010eb
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Winter-Nelson, Alex E.
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