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Book Synopsis Feeding the People in Wartime Britain by : Bryce Evans
Download or read book Feeding the People in Wartime Britain written by Bryce Evans and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the history of food on the home front in wartime Britain has mostly focused on rationing, this book reveals the importance and scale of nation-wide communal dining schemes during this era. Welcomed by some as a symbol of a progressive future in which 'wasteful' home dining would disappear, and derided by others for threatening the social order, these sites of food and eating attracted great political and cultural debate. Using extensive primary source material, Feeding the People in Wartime Britain examines the cuisine served in these communal restaurants and the people who used them. It challenges the notion that communal eating played a marginal role in wartime food policy and reveals the impact they had in advancing nutritional understanding and new food technologies. Comparing them to similar ventures in mainland Europe and understanding the role of propaganda from the Ministry of Food in their success, Evans unearths this neglected history of emergency public feeding and relates it to contemporary debates around food policy in times of crisis
Book Synopsis Feeding the People in Wartime Britain by : Bryce Evans
Download or read book Feeding the People in Wartime Britain written by Bryce Evans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the history of food on the home front in wartime Britain has mostly focused on rationing, this book reveals the importance and scale of nation-wide communal dining schemes during this era. Welcomed by some as a symbol of a progressive future in which 'wasteful' home dining would disappear, and derided by others for threatening the social order, these sites of food and eating attracted great political and cultural debate. Using extensive primary source material, Feeding the People in Wartime Britain examines the cuisine served in these communal restaurants and the people who used them. It challenges the notion that communal eating played a marginal role in wartime food policy and reveals the impact they had in advancing nutritional understanding and new food technologies. Comparing them to similar ventures in mainland Europe and understanding the role of propaganda from the Ministry of Food in their success, Evans unearths this neglected history of emergency public feeding and relates it to contemporary debates around food policy in times of crisis.
Book Synopsis Eggs or Anarchy by : William Sitwell
Download or read book Eggs or Anarchy written by William Sitwell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eggs or Anarchy is one of the great, British stories of the Second World War yet to be told in full. It reveals the heroic tale of how Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, really fed Britain. As a nation at war, with supply routes under attack from the Axis powers and resources scarce, it was Woolton's job to fulfil his promise to the British people, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in particular, that there would be food on the shelves each week. Persuading the public to not resort to the black market and to manage on the very limited ration was one thing, but Woolton had to fulfil his side of the bargain and maintain supplies in time of crisis. A grammar school-educated genius, he was a fish out of water in Churchill's cabinet and the PM himself doubted Woolton would survive due to the unstinting criticism he faced from colleagues, the press and public. This is the story of how he battled to save his own career while using every trick in his entrepreneurial book to secure supplies. He battled to outwit unscrupulous dealers on the black market streets of cities within the British Empire - such as Alexandria in Eygpt - persuading customs authorities to turn a blind eye to his import schemes. If Britain had gone hungry the outcome of the war could have been very different. This book, for the first time, finds out the real story of how Lord Woolton provided food for Britain and her colonies and discovers that for him there were days when it was literally a choice of 'eggs or anarchy'.
Book Synopsis Britain's Food Supplies in Peace and War by : Charles Smith
Download or read book Britain's Food Supplies in Peace and War written by Charles Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1940, is a systematic analysis of Britain’s principal food supplies and the means by which they are distributed to the people. Its calculates the total quantities of food required to feed the whole nation properly, examines pricing structures and the sources of the food stuffs. Both home produced and imported foods are covered in this survey, as are restrictions in the form of the wartime governmental controls.
Book Synopsis Food in Wartime Britain by : Natacha Chevalier
Download or read book Food in Wartime Britain written by Natacha Chevalier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on deep analysis of Mass Observation wartime diaries, Food in Wartime Britain explores the food experience of the British middle classes in their own words throughout the course of the Second World War. It reveals that, while the food practices of the population were modified by rationing and food scarcity, social class and personal circumstances were key dimensions of the wartime food experience that demand to be taken into account in the historical narrative of the Home Front.
Book Synopsis Feeding the Nation in World War II by : Craig Armstrong
Download or read book Feeding the Nation in World War II written by Craig Armstrong and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the main dangers to Britain during the Second World War was the possibility of the country being starved out of the war. Indeed, it was what Churchill feared the most. Before the war, Britain was hugely dependent upon foreign imports of food and supplies, but with unrestricted submarine warfare these lifelines were in danger of being cut and the amount of imports hugely reduced. Britain was not unprepared. Lessons had been learned during the First World War, when people had been encouraged to grow more of their own food. The Ministry of Food, in particular, had detailed plans in the event of a future war and the 'Dig for Victory' campaign rightly went down in history as one of the great successes of the British Home Front. For the farmers of Britain the war meant a massive upheaval, as the government ordered them to plough up millions of acres of land to grow valuable arable crops. Meanwhile, with rationing a daily and inescapable part of life, the people of Britain had to get used to different foodstuffs, including powdered egg, Spam and even whale meat. Incredibly, the diets of many British people actually improved during the war and the fact that the country avoided starvation demonstrated not only the success of government planning, but also the determination and ingenuity of the wartime generation.
Download or read book Food for War written by Alan F. Wilt and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-09-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food for War is a ground-breaking study of Britain's food and agricultural preparations in the 1930s as the nation once again made ready for war. Historians writing about 1930s Britain have usually focused on the Depression, appeasement, or political, military, and industrial concerns. None have dealt adequately with another significant topic, food and agriculture, as the nation moved, albeit reluctantly, from peace to war. In this new account Alan F. Wilt makes right this omission by examining in depth the relationship between food, agriculture, and the nation's preparations for war. He reveals how food and agriculture became closely linked to rearmament as early as 1936; that the government's preparations in this sector, as contrasted with other areas of the economy, were relatively well-developed when war broke out in 1936; and that rural and farm interests well understood the effect that war would have on their way of life. He argues that food and agriculture need to be integrated into the more general historical discourse, for what happened in Britain in the 1930s not only set the stage for World War II, but also contributed to a more robust agriculture in the decades that followed.
Book Synopsis British Food Policy During the First World War (RLE The First World War) by : Margaret Barnett
Download or read book British Food Policy During the First World War (RLE The First World War) written by Margaret Barnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the exceptionally high proportion of imports in Britain’s food supply and the determined efforts of the enemy to sever the supply lines, efficient management of food resources was an essential element in the British national war effort. This volume was the first comprehensive study of this vital aspect of government strategy and fills a gap in the historiography of this period. This volume provides a balanced picture by drawing together the diverse elements that went into food policy: economic and social trends, international trade relations and labour issues. The author also traces the evolution of food policy during the pre-war planning period and the early part of the war, and analyses the roles of the United States and the labour organizations.
Book Synopsis Food in Wartime Britain by : Natacha Chevalier
Download or read book Food in Wartime Britain written by Natacha Chevalier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on deep analysis of Mass Observation wartime diaries, Food in Wartime Britain explores the food experience of the British middle-classes from their own words throughout the course of the Second World War. It reveals that while the food practices of the population were modified by rationing and food scarcity, social class and personal circumstances were a key dimension of the wartime food experience that demand to be taken into account in the historical narrative of the Home Front.
Book Synopsis Community Feeding in War Time. Second edition by : Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (Great Britain)
Download or read book Community Feeding in War Time. Second edition written by Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wise Eating in Wartime by : Charles Hill Baron Hill of Luton
Download or read book Wise Eating in Wartime written by Charles Hill Baron Hill of Luton and published by Imperial War Museums. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As World War II progressed, British citizens began to suffer from increasingly strict and unreliable rations. Vegetable and fruit supplies were limited. White bread was nonexistent. Previously commonplace British staples like tea, butter, and milk were tightly controlled. The constant and severe alteration in diet eventually began dipping the nation s morale and health, resulting in a wave of media attempting to revive citizens attitudes and lifestyles. The how-to renaissance arose in 1943 with the creation of popular books, pamphlets, and radio shows that prove to be as surprisingly useful today as they were during wartime. "Wise Eating in Wartime "compiles fifteen talks broadcast by Dr. Charles Hill, the "Radio Doctor," as he was known to millions of listeners. These 1943 talks centered around wartime diets, covering everything from using rations to create ideal dishes to staying tuned up to concert pitch by making balanced, nutritious meals. From the parent feeding a family to a college student eating alone, everyone can still profit from Dr. Hill s cheerful and practical advice."
Book Synopsis Food for Thought by : Imperial War Museums (Great Britain)
Download or read book Food for Thought written by Imperial War Museums (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 by : David Kynaston
Download or read book Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 written by David Kynaston and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germany's aggression in World War II, and was ravaged in many ways at the war's end. Celebrated historian David Kynaston has written an utterly original, and compellingly readable, account of the following six years, during which the country rebuilt itself. Kynaston's great genius is to chronicle the country's experience from bottom to top: coursing through through the book, therefore, is an astonishing variety of ordinary, contemporary voices, eloquently and passionately evincing the country's remarkable spirit. Judy Haines, a Chingford housewife, gamely endures the tribulations of rationing; Mary King, a retired schoolteacher in Birmingham, observes how well-fed the Queen looks during a royal visit; Henry St. John, a persnickety civil servant in Bristol, is oblivious to anyone's troubles but his own. Together they present a portrait of an indomitable people and Kynaston skillfully links their stories to bigger events thought the country. Their stories also jostle alongside those of more well-known figures like celebrated journalist-to-be John Arlott (making his first radio broadcast), Glenda Jackson, and Doris Lessing, newly arrived from Africa and struck by the leveling poverty of post-war Britain. Kynaston deftly weaves into his story a sophisticated narrative of how the 1945 Labour government shaped the political, economic, and social landscape for the next three decades.
Book Synopsis Feeding the People by : Rebecca Earle
Download or read book Feeding the People written by Rebecca Earle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today they are the world's fourth most important food. How did this happen?
Book Synopsis Community feeding in wartime by : Barbara Drake
Download or read book Community feeding in wartime written by Barbara Drake and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLIES IN PEACE AND WAR by : CHARLES. SMITH
Download or read book BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLIES IN PEACE AND WAR written by CHARLES. SMITH and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ministry of Food by : Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall
Download or read book The Ministry of Food written by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooking.
