Food worth fighting for : from food riots to food banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutton, Josh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food riots--Great Britain--History.

Food riots.

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Prospect, 2016.

Summary:

This book takes a look at some of the food riots of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and other food related social conflict in the United Kingdom, and tells the story of those involved. Using words and verse from contemporary broadside ballads and folk song, which emerged in the years that followed on from events, the author looks closely at the evolution of the modern food system. Drawing on some of the actions of food rioters of earlier centuries, Josh Sutton suggests that the spirit of the food riot is very much alive today, and is apparent in the practise of some of those engaged in providing food charity in modern Britain. As the issue of food poverty rears its hungry head once more, from the fair price forced sales in the market squares of old England, to the pay as you feel cafes of inner cites today using food waste from supermarkets, it appears little has changed when it comes to Food Worth Fighting For. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 March on the Markets the West Country Food Riots of 1766 40

Chapter 2 Against the Grain the Ely and Little Port 'Bread and Beer' Riots of 1816 55

Chapter 3 Captain Swing and the Rage Against the Machine (1830) 70

Chapter 4 The Original Fish Fight the Newlyn Fish Riots of 1896 86

Chapter 5 Plenty More Fish in the Sea the Cod Wars 101

Chapter 6 Not Enough to Go Round Rationing as Crowd Control in a Time of War 107

Chapter 7 The Times They are a Changing the Development of the Modern Food System and the Growing Battle for 'Food Security' 123

Chapter 8 The Rise of the Supermarkets 141

Chapter 9 Food Poverty and Food Charity in Britain Today 147

Chapter 10 Protest and the Rise of the Food Hero 171.

ISBN:

1909248487

9781909248489

OCLC:

944304829

Publisher Number:

99967635593