Resultados para "Hunger" en Mundial

Experience the gripping historical tragedy of agricultural collapse and mass emigration that forever fractured a nation. Perfect for a reflective commute or an immersive deep-dive into European history, this somber yet deeply educational narrative explores how a simple crop blight collided with...

Trace the history of how global empires, agricultural innovation, and climate shocks fueled the war against famine. Perfect for an educational commute, this urgent exploration transforms how you understand the fragile systems feeding our modern world. Every meal on your table is the product of...

Entering World War II, America was emerging as a world power. Their geographic isolation from World War I allowed them to recover and prosper in the interwar era, and food invention during the Depression carried into World War II. Food items such as SPAM and M&Ms profoundly impacted the military, and were later incorporated into some American dishes after the war.

“In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester’s previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, once again, a consummate guide.”—Boston Globe The author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and The...

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to...