Hunger : an unnatural history / Sharman Apt Russell.
Hunger : an unnatural history / Sharman Apt Russell.
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New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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N363.809/5
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. The hunger artists -- 2. Eighteen hours -- 3. Thirty-six hours -- 4. Seven days -- 5. Thirty days -- 6. The hunger strike -- 7. The hunger disease studies -- 8. The Minnesota experiment -- 9. The anthropology of hunger -- 10. Anorexia nervosa -- 11. Hungry children -- 12. Protocols of famine -- 1...
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New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2005.
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"What she finds - both in our bodies and in cultures around the world - is extraordinary. In a fascinating survey of centuries of thought on the power of hunger, she discovers an ability to adapt to it that is nothing short of miraculous. From the fasting saints of the early Christian church to activists like Mahatma Gandhi, generations have used h...
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Hunger : an unnatural history / Sharman Apt Russell.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N363.809/5
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74VKmpq3QLAl
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ISBN
0465071635 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465071630 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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363.809
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991020471889702626
