Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvDaniel F. Doeppers

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Getting food, water, and services to the millions who live in the world’s few dozen megacities is one of the twenty-first century’s most formidable challenges. This innovative history traces nearly a century in the life of the megacity of Manila to show how it grew and what sustained it. Focusing on the city’s key commodities—rice, produce, fish, fowl, meat, milk, flour, coffee—Daniel F. Doeppers explores their complex interconnections, the changing ecology of the surrounding region, and the social fabric that weaves together farmers, merchants, transporters, storekeepers, and door-to-door vendors.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-07-30
Mått152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt698 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies
Antal sidor496
FörlagUniversity of Wisconsin Press
ISBN9780299308445

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Feeding Manila is a straightforward, if quite amazingly detailed and statistics-rich, academic study of ‘provisionment.’ . . . The book is well-illustrated with photographs, drawing and contemporary advertisements."" - Asian Review of Books""By traversing a hundred years of two colonial eras, Feeding Manila successfully fills the crucial gap of the previous researches and overcomes their deficiencies. . . . There is no doubt that the fruit of this monumental work by Daniel F. Doeppers will last long in the studies of Philippine history and society, while keeping its stand as an important contribution for Southeast Asian studies."" - Journal of Economic History""Doeppers’s well-researched and well-written study sets a standard for future studies of megacities. The book is in my opinion nothing less than a masterpiece."" - International Journal of Asian Studies