Food and conflict in Europe in the age of the two world wars / edited by Frank Trentmann and Flemming Just.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trentmann, Frank.

Just, Flemming.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Europe--History--20th century.

Food supply.

World War, 1914-1918--Food supply--Europe.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--Europe.

World War, 1939-1945.

Food supply--Government policy--Europe--History--20th century.

War and society--Europe--History--20th century.

War and society.

History.

Food supply--Government policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xiii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

Ranging across Europe, from Scandinavia and Britain to Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union, this volume explores conflicts over food in the age of the two world wars and the legacies of those conflicts. Food shortages and famines, fears of deprivation and visions of food security, and protests and regulations were a shared European experience in this period. Food and Conflict in Europe in the Age of the Two World Wars follows the political, economic and cultural factors that shaped different histories, highlighting the role of ethics and ideologies, and the dynamic relationships between civil society and state, and between consumers, retailers and producers.

Contents:

2 Coping with Shortage: The Problem of Food Security and Global Visions of Coordination, c. 1890s-1950 / Frank Trentmann 13

3 Consumption and Total Warfare in Paris (1914-1918) / Thierry Bonzon 49

4 Food Provision and Food Retailing in The Hague, 1914-1930 / Thimo de Nijs 65

5 Dictating Food: Autarchy, Food Provision, and Consumer Politics in Fascist Italy, 1922-1943 / Alexander Nutzenadel 88

6 Stalin, Soviet Agriculture, and Collectivisation / Mark B. Tauger 109

7 Brown Bread for Victory: German and British Wholemeal Politics in the Inter-War Period / Uwe Spiekermann 143

8 Danish Food Production in the German War Economy / Mogens R. Nissen 172

9 The Mystery of the Dying Dutch: Can Micronutrient Deficiencies Explain the Difference between Danish and Dutch Wartime Mortality? / Ralf Futselaar 193

10 A View From the Top: Social Elites and Food Consumption in Britain, 1930s-1940s / Paul Brassley, Angela Potter 223

11 Popular Morality and the Black Market in Britain, 1939-1955 / Mark Roodhouse 243

12 Food and the Food Crisis in Post-War Germany, 1945-1948: British Policy and the Role of British NGOs / Johannes-Dieter Steinert 266.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403986843

OCLC:

65407670

Publisher Number:

9781403986849

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