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Food Shortages and Hunger

In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:food shortage; hunger

Although the United States produces enough food to meet the caloric needs of its citizens, many families suffer food shortages as a result of poverty. Many types of families are affected by food insecurity and hunger, though minority and single-parent households ...

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  Coleman, M. J., & Ganong, L. H. (2014). Food shortages and hunger. In The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 573-575). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n242
  
  Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong. "Food Shortages and Hunger." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 573-75. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n242.
  
  Coleman, M. J. and Ganong, L. H. 2014. Food Shortages and Hunger. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 573-575 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n242> [Accessed 24 Jul 2021].
  
  Coleman, Marilyn J. and Lawrence H. Ganong. "Food Shortages and Hunger." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 573-75. SAGE Knowledge. 24 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n242.
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