On an Empty StomachOn an Empty Stomach examines the practical techniques humanitarians have used to manage and measure starvation, from Victorian "scientific" soup kitchens to space age, high protein foods. Tracing the evolution of these techniques since the start of the nineteenth century, Tom Scott Smith argues that humanitarianism is not a simple story of progress and improvement, but rather is profoundly shaped by sociopolitical conditions. Aid is often presented as