Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945
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| Title: | Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945 |
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| Description: | Policymakers and scholars have come to realize that getting food, water, and services to the millions who live in the world's few dozen megacities is one of the twenty-first century's most formidable challenges. As these populations continue to grow, apocalyptic scenarios—sprawling slums plagued by hunger, disease, and social disarray—become increasingly plausible. In Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945, Daniel F. Doeppers traces nearly a century in the life of Manila, one of the world's largest cities, to show how it grew and what sustained it. Doeppers follows key commodities for the city—rice, produce, fish, fowl, meat, milk, flour, coffee—and their complex interconnections. In the process he considers the changing ecology of the surrounding region as well as the social fabric that weaves together farmers, merchants, transporters, storekeepers, and door-to-door vendors. |
| Authors: | Daniel F. Doeppers |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Food supply--Philippines--Manila--History |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Policymakers and scholars have come to realize that getting food, water, and services to the millions who live in the world's few dozen megacities is one of the twenty-first century's most formidable challenges. As these populations continue to grow, apocalyptic scenarios—sprawling slums plagued by hunger, disease, and social disarray—become increasingly plausible. In Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945, Daniel F. Doeppers traces nearly a century in the life of Manila, one of the world's largest cities, to show how it grew and what sustained it. Doeppers follows key commodities for the city—rice, produce, fish, fowl, meat, milk, flour, coffee—and their complex interconnections. In the process he considers the changing ecology of the surrounding region as well as the social fabric that weaves together farmers, merchants, transporters, storekeepers, and door-to-door vendors. |
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| ISBN: | 9780299305109 9780299308445 9780299305130 |
