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Natacha Chevalier

Food in Wartime Britain

Testimonies from the Kitchen Front (1939-1945). Sprachen: Englisch. 24,0 cm / 16,1 cm / 1,4 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781138368408
201,90 €
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174 Seiten
April 2020
Routledge

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.

Natacha Chevalier is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

Introduction, sources and methodology; Part I: The British and their food; 1. British eating habits: a short history; 2. Food and social classes; 3. Food management in wartime; Part II: Testimonies from the Kitchen Front; 4. The diarists and their diaries; 5. The Kitchen Front; Epilogue and conclusion