The politics of hunger: Protest, poverty and policy in England, c. 1750–c. 1840

Introduction: 'the Unremitted Pressure': On Hunger Politics -- Part I Protesting Hunger -- Food Riots And The Languages Of Hunger -- The Persistence Of The Discourse Of Starvation In The Protests Of The Poor -- Part Ii Hunger Policies -- Measuring Need: Speenhamland, Hunger And Universal Pauperism -- Dietaries And The Less Eligibility Workhouse: Or, The Making Of The Poor As Biological Subjects -- Part Iii Theorising Hunger -- The Biopolitics Of Hunger: Malthus, Hodge And The Racialisation Of The Poor -- Telling The Hunger Of 'distant' Others -- Conclusions. Carl J. Griffin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.