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Foreword by Marion Nestle Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The Paradox of Want amid Plenty List of Abbreviations 1. The Plight of the Farmer 2. Depression: Deprivation and Despair 3. The Politics of Wheat and Drought 4. Government Grain for the Needy 5. The End of the Hoover Era 6. The Promise of the New Deal 7. The Little Pigs: The Genesis of Relief Distribution 8. The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation 9. The Corporation in Conflict: Competition with Private Enterprise 10. Transfer to the Department of Agriculture 11. Accommodation to Agricultural Priorities 12. Food Assistance: The Legacy of New Deal Policy Choices Acknowledgments to the 2014 Edition Sources Notes Index

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 26/04/2014
    ISBN13: 9780520277540, 978-0520277540
    ISBN10: 0520277546
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    Agribusiness and primary industries Literary studies: general Aid and relief programmes

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    Book Synopsis


    Table of Contents
    Foreword by Marion Nestle Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The Paradox of Want amid Plenty List of Abbreviations 1. The Plight of the Farmer 2. Depression: Deprivation and Despair 3. The Politics of Wheat and Drought 4. Government Grain for the Needy 5. The End of the Hoover Era 6. The Promise of the New Deal 7. The Little Pigs: The Genesis of Relief Distribution 8. The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation 9. The Corporation in Conflict: Competition with Private Enterprise 10. Transfer to the Department of Agriculture 11. Accommodation to Agricultural Priorities 12. Food Assistance: The Legacy of New Deal Policy Choices Acknowledgments to the 2014 Edition Sources Notes Index

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