Contents -- Preface -- 1 Hunger and the Making of the Modern World -- 2 The Humanitarian Discovery of Hunger -- 3 Hunger as Political Critique -- 4 The Science and Calculation of Hunger -- 5 Hungry England and Planning for a World of Plenty -- 6 Collective Feeding and the Welfare of Society -- 7 You Are What You Eat: Educating the Citizenas Consumer -- 8 Remembering Hunger: The Script of British Social Democracy -- 9 Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.