{"product_id":"needless-hunger-voices-from-a-bangladesh-village-9780935028034","title":"Needless Hunger: Voices from a Bangladesh Village","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeedless Hunger: Voices from a Bangladesh Village\u003c\/strong\u003e by James Boyce. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780935028034.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy is a country with some of the worlds most fertile land also the home of so many hungry people?\nThe authors of Needless Hunger spent two years in Bangladesh investigating the paradox of hunger in a \"basketcase\" country which actually produces enough grain for its people already.\nBoyce and Hartmann, Bengali-speaking anthropologists, not only trace the history and structure of Bangladesh society, they also draw us into the daily lives of the people of Katni, the village where they lived.\n\"There is no natural barrier to the satisfaction of the basic human needs of Bangladeshs people,\" they conclude. \"But there is the man-made barrier of a social order which benefits a few at the expense of the many.\" The foreign aid which pours into the country actually entrenches the very elite which keeps the majority powerless and hungry, they found.\nNeedless Hunger is also a book of hope which describes the strength and potential of the Bangladesh people and their desire for a society in which food-producing resources are controlled by the majority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: Food First Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949966913589,"sku":"ByrdShop_093502803X","price":40.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780935028034_da6edf74-439f-4269-a899-c24bfc327a7b.jpg?v=1781332176","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/needless-hunger-voices-from-a-bangladesh-village-9780935028034","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}