1. Nutrition and history Robert I. Rotberg; 2. Nutrition, mortality and
population size: Malthus' court of last report Susan Cotts Watkins and
Etienne van de Walle; 3. Food, Infection Thomas McKeown; 4. Infection,
hidden hunger, and history Ann G. Carmichael; 5. The impact of scarcity and
plenty on population change in England, 1571-1871 Roger Schofield; 6. The
nutrition-mortality link in past times: a comment Massumo Livi-Bacci; 7.
The horticultural revolution: a cautionary note on prices Joan Thirsk; 8.
Social conflict and the grain supply in eighteenth-century France Olwen
Hufton; 9. Food entitlement, famine, and conflict Louise A. Tilly; 10.
Famines, epidemics, and population growth Michelle B. McAlpin; 11. Better
nutrition and India: a comment Santhebachahalli G. Srikantia; 12. Nutrition
in African History Philip D. Curtin; 13. The impact of scarcity and plenty
on development Ester Boserup; 14. Functional consequences of malnutrition
for human populations: a comment Nevin S. Scrimshaw; 15. The effects of
population on nutrition and economic well-being Julian L. Simon; 16.
Economics and population growth: a comment Roderick C. Floud; 17. Secular
changes in American and British stature and nutrition Robert W. Fogel et
al.; 18. Synergy among mass infections, famines and poverty Carl E. Taylor;
19. The relationship of nutrition, disease, and social conditions: a
graphical presentation The Conferees; 20. Diet and delocalization: dietary
changes since 1750 Gretel H. Pelto and Peretti J. Pelto; 21. The value of
contemporary food and nutrition studies for historians Nevin S. Scrimshaw.

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