Hunger: An Unnatural HistoryBasic Books, 2008 M08 1 - 272 páginas Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a Rose and An Obsession with Butterflies, here takes us on a tour of hunger, from eighteen hours without food to thirty-six hours to seven days and beyond. What Russell finds-both in our bodies and in cultures around the world-is extraordinary. It is a biological process that transcends nature to shape the very of fabric of societies. In a fascinating survey of centuries of thought on hunger's unique power, 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 hunger to make spiritual and political statements. Russell highlights these remarkable cases where hunger can inspire and even heal, but she also addresses the devastating impact of starvation on cultures around the world today. Written with consummate skill, a compassionate heart, and stocked with facts, figures, and fascinating lore, Hunger is an inspiring window on history and the human spirit. |
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... week of hunting, a bad crop, a bad year of crops. We were hungry even in that first Garden of Eden, what some anthropologists call the “Paleoterrific,” a world full of large animals and relatively few people. Paleolithic bones and teeth ...
... week of hunting, a bad crop, a bad year of crops. We were hungry even in that first Garden of Eden, what some anthropologists call the “Paleoterrific,” a world full of large animals and relatively few people. Paleolithic bones and teeth ...
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... weeks. His performance ended with a grand finale on the fortieth day when “the flowerbedecked cage was opened” and an adoring audience waited as a military band played and doctors examined the emaciated patient. The results of their ...
... weeks. His performance ended with a grand finale on the fortieth day when “the flowerbedecked cage was opened” and an adoring audience waited as a military band played and doctors examined the emaciated patient. The results of their ...
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... signs checked. The researchers took blood samples every two weeks. From Day 93 to Day 162, Mr. A. B. got potassium supplements. From Day 345 to Day 355, he was given sodium. His blood sugar, or glucose level, dropped quite low, yet Mr. A.
... signs checked. The researchers took blood samples every two weeks. From Day 93 to Day 162, Mr. A. B. got potassium supplements. From Day 345 to Day 355, he was given sodium. His blood sugar, or glucose level, dropped quite low, yet Mr. A.
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... weeks and months on insufficient food, moving from lodging to lodging, sometimes sleeping in the street, often walking the street in a kaleidoscope of moods, talking to himself, and scribbling out the articles that bring him a few ...
... weeks and months on insufficient food, moving from lodging to lodging, sometimes sleeping in the street, often walking the street in a kaleidoscope of moods, talking to himself, and scribbling out the articles that bring him a few ...
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