| Description |
xxii, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Robert B. Edgerton -- Acknowledgments / Mary Howard and Ann V. Millard -- 1. The Shame of Hunger -- 2. To the Mountain and an Early Confrontation with Death -- 3. Poverty Amidst Plenty -- 4. On the Road to the Margins -- 5. "These People": Institutional Discrimination and Resistance by the Poor -- 6. Sex and the Shame of Kwashiorkor -- 7. The Meaning of a Child -- 8. Conflict in Families -- 9. Child Favoritism and Malnutrition -- 10. The NURU Experience -- App. A. Comparisons of Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- App. B. Household Characteristics, Child Malnutrition, and Maternal Knowledge: A Survey at Child Health Clinics in Kilimanjaro, 1972 -- App. C. Research by Mary Howard on Mt. Kilimanjaro: Participant Observation, Interviews, Survey Research, and Analyses of Health Statistics -- Index of People on Kilimanjaro |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-267) and index |
| Subject |
Chaga (African people) -- Economic conditions.
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Chaga (African people) -- Social conditions.
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Chaga (African people) -- Nutrition.
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Malnutrition in children -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region.
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| SUBJECT |
Kilimanjaro Region (Tanzania) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80102163 -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736
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Kilimanjaro Region (Tanzania) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80102163 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
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| Author |
Millard, Ann V.
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| LC no. |
96048937 |
| ISBN |
0415916135 (hc : acid-free paper) |
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0415916143 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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