by Janet Poppendieck From the publisher: At no time during the Great Depression was the contradiction between agriculture surplus and widespread hunger more wrenchingly graphic than in the government’s attempt to […]
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Political History of American Food Aid: An Uneasy Benevolence
by Barry Riley From the publisher: American food aid to foreigners long has been the most visible-and most popular-means of providing humanitarian aid to millions of hungry people confronted by war, […]
School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America’s Favorite Welfare Program
by Susan Levine From the publisher: Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare […]