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3 A CONTINENT OF PEASANTS

  • Nick Cullather
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The Hungry World
This chapter is in the book The Hungry World
© 2022 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2022 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
  4. PREFACE ix
  5. INTRODUCTION 1
  6. 1 THE WORLD FOOD PROBLEM 11
  7. 2 MEXICO’S WAY OUT 43
  8. 3 A CONTINENT OF PEASANTS 72
  9. 4 WE SHALL RELEASE THE WATERS 108
  10. 5 A VERY BIG, VERY POOR COUNTRY 134
  11. 6 A PARABLE OF SEEDS 159
  12. 7 YOU CAN’T EAT STEEL 180
  13. 8 THE MEANING OF FAMINE 205
  14. 9 THE CONQUEST OF HUNGER 232
  15. 10 PRESENT AT THE RE-CREATION 263
  16. ABBREVIATIONS 273
  17. NOTES 275
  18. ARCHIVES 333
  19. INDEX 335
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674058828-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
  4. PREFACE ix
  5. INTRODUCTION 1
  6. 1 THE WORLD FOOD PROBLEM 11
  7. 2 MEXICO’S WAY OUT 43
  8. 3 A CONTINENT OF PEASANTS 72
  9. 4 WE SHALL RELEASE THE WATERS 108
  10. 5 A VERY BIG, VERY POOR COUNTRY 134
  11. 6 A PARABLE OF SEEDS 159
  12. 7 YOU CAN’T EAT STEEL 180
  13. 8 THE MEANING OF FAMINE 205
  14. 9 THE CONQUEST OF HUNGER 232
  15. 10 PRESENT AT THE RE-CREATION 263
  16. ABBREVIATIONS 273
  17. NOTES 275
  18. ARCHIVES 333
  19. INDEX 335
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