The transformation of hunger: The demand for calories past and present

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-408

  Logan, Trevon D ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HUNGER; INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 70450285195     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709000825     Document Type: Article

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