{"product_id":"9781526145628","title":"The politics of hunger","description":"Author: Carl J. Griffin\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526145628\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Jan 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 280 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1840s witnessed widespread hunger and malnutrition at home and mass starvation in Ireland.\u003c\/b\u003e And yet the aptly named \u0026amp;#x27;Hungry 40s\u0026amp;#x27; came amidst claims that, notwithstanding Malthusian prophecies, absolute biological want had been eliminated in England. The eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were supposedly the period in which the threat of famine lifted for the peoples of England. But hunger remained, in the words of Marx, an \u0026amp;#x27;unremitted pressure\u0026amp;#x27;. \u003ci\u003eThe politics of hunger \u003c\/i\u003eoffers the first systematic analysis of the ways in which hunger continued to be experienced and feared, both as a lived and constant spectral presence. It also examines how hunger was increasingly used as a disciplining device in new modes of governing the population. Drawing upon a rich archive, this innovative and conceptually-sophisticated study throws new light on how hunger persisted as a political and biological force. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920501391518,"sku":"ING-9781526145628","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526145628.jpg?v=1782822257","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526145628","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}