Manila, Philippines : Ateneo de Manila University Press [2016]
First Edition, Presumed First Printing (no later printings listed)
Softcover, 443 pp.
Book
is Brand New. Clean, bright, unmarked pages, no stains, tears, folds or
odors.
Binding is tight and stiff, since it's never been opened to read (I should
know - I bought this myself in Manila at Ateneo de Manila Bookstore, and I never opened it). NO highlighting,
underlining, or previous owner's name. NOT
ex-library, NOT remaindered.
Just say NO to stock
photos! Photos
(including scans of the cover) are of the actual book you will receive.
(Sorry they aren't opened flat, but I wanted to save the new-book
experience for your enjoyment). Insist on seeing what you are paying
for.
Summary: Policymakers and scholars have come to realize that 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. As these populations continue to grow, apocalyptic scenarios—sprawling slums plagued by hunger, disease, and social disarray—become increasingly plausible. In Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945, Daniel F. Doeppers traces nearly a century in the life of Manila, one of the world’s largest cities, to show how it grew and what sustained it. Doeppers follows key commodities for the city—rice, produce, fish, fowl, meat, milk, flour, coffee—and their complex interconnections. In the process he considers the changing ecology of the surrounding region as well as the social fabric that weaves together farmers, merchants, transporters, storekeepers, and door-to-door vendors.
Of particular interest is the section on wartime provisioning and mass starvation of the Filipinos during the years of Japanese occupation (1942-1945).