The Vast Majority
Michael Harrington
Examines the reasons why the American people are ignoring the problems of world hunger, and records the immediate effects of American economic policy on the inhabitants of the Third World
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- ISBN-13
- 9780671244071
- Topics
- World hungerThird World povertyAmerican economic policy
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1978)
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