British Food Policy During The First World War Rle The First World War

Author : Margaret Barnett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317704232

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British Food Policy During the First World War (RLE The First World War) by Margaret Barnett Pdf

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.

Author : Peter Dewey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317703952

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British Agriculture in the First World War (RLE The First World War) by Peter Dewey Pdf

This volume comprehensively describes how British farmers coped with the problems of shortage of labour and other factors of production, as well as assessing how well agriculture performed as a supplier of food to the nation. Use of previously neglected records provides much evidence on issues such as the deployment of substitute labour and the introduction of the tractor into British farming for the first time. Challenging accepted view on the period, the author shows that shortages of labour and other factors of production had only a slight effect on farm output and the national food supply.

Author : Peter Dewey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317703969

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British Agriculture in the First World War (RLE The First World War) by Peter Dewey Pdf

This volume comprehensively describes how British farmers coped with the problems of shortage of labour and other factors of production, as well as assessing how well agriculture performed as a supplier of food to the nation. Use of previously neglected records provides much evidence on issues such as the deployment of substitute labour and the introduction of the tractor into British farming for the first time. Challenging accepted view on the period, the author shows that shortages of labour and other factors of production had only a slight effect on farm output and the national food supply.

Author : John Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317692133

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Britain and the First World War (RLE The First World War) by John Turner Pdf

This book gives students an informed insight into the British experience in the First World War. The contributors, all established First World War historians, have drawn on their own research and secondary sources to give a succinct account of politics, diplomacy, strategy and social developments during a period of dramatic change. Each chapter gives a concise account of its subject and the chapters are well supported by maps and tables. This is an important textbook for school students and undergraduates which bridges the gap between specialized research on the First World War and the needs of the student reader.

Author : Kathleen Burk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317700326

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War and the State (RLE The First World War) by Kathleen Burk Pdf

This volume gives students and researchers an insight into British central government in 1914, how and why it altered during the war years and what permanent changes remained when the war was over. The war saw the scope of governmental intervention widened in an unprecedented manner. The contributors to this book analyse the reasons for this expansion and describe how the changes affected the government machine and the lives of the citizens. They consider why some innovations did not survive the coming of peace while others permanently transformed the duties and procedures of government.

Author : Julie Gordon Stark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:243848313

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British Food Policy and Diet in the First World War by Julie Gordon Stark Pdf

Author : Rupert Russell
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780385545860

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Price Wars by Rupert Russell Pdf

A fascinating, groundbreaking exposé of how commodity traders in New York and London have destabilized societies all over the world, leaving the most vulnerable at the mercy of hunger, chaos, and war. • With a new Afterword for the ebook. For Rupert Russell, the Brexit vote was only the latest shock in a decade full of them: the unstoppable war in Syria, huge migrant flows into Europe, beheadings in Iraq, children placed in cages on the U.S. border. In Price Wars, he sets out on a worldwide journey to investigate what caused the wave of chaos that consumed the world in the 2010s. Russell travels to Tunisia, Iraq, Venezuela, Ukraine, East Africa, and Central America and discovers that unrest in all these places was triggered by dramatic and mysterious swings in the price of essential commodities. Deregulation of the commodities markets means that food prices can shoot up even in years of abundant harvests, causing hunger and protest. Oil prices and real-estate values can surge even when supplies are normal, enriching and emboldening dictators. It is this instability--fueled by banks and hedge funds in faraway New York and London--that has toppled regimes and unsettled the West. Price Wars is a fascinating, original, and groundbreaking exposé of the power of the commodities markets to disrupt the world.

Author : Robin Higham,Dennis E. Showalter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313017209

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Researching World War I by Robin Higham,Dennis E. Showalter Pdf

World War I was the greatest cataclysm Europe had ever known, directly involving 61 million troops from 16 nations. Yet the history of the war and the reasons it started and spread so rapidly were vastly more complex than the players realized. Written by highly respected authorities, this book discusses the literature on all aspects of the war, making it an excellent starting point for anyone seeking guidance to the immense, and often daunting, body of World War I literature. The struggle mobilized manpower from home, troops from the colonies abroad, and—in most countries-women as well as men. Governments increasingly intervened in everyday life. New weapons and organizational structures were developed. Yet the history of the war and the reasons it started and spread so rapidly were vastly more complex than the players realized. Written by highly respected authorities, this book discusses the literature on all aspects of the war. Dennis Showalter's opening chapter covers the controversial issue of the war's origins—a complex subject that has been much debated by historians. Ensuing chapters consider the literature on each of the participating countries. The broader subjects of the war at sea and the war in the air are also covered. Daniel Beaver's final chapter discusses the mobilization of industry and the new military technology. This book is an excellent starting point for anyone seeking guidance to the immense, and often daunting, body of World War I literature.

Author : David French
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317686941

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British Strategy and War Aims 1914-1916 (RLE First World War) by David French Pdf

This book illustrates the relationship between British military policy and the development of British war aims during the opening years of the First World War. Basing his work on a wide range of unpublished documentary sources, David French reassesses for the benefit of students and scholars alike what was meant by ‘a war of attrition’.

Author : Rachel Duffett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317134411

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Food and War in Twentieth Century Europe by Rachel Duffett Pdf

Wars cannot be fought and sustained without food and this unique collection explores the impact of war on food production, allocation and consumption in Europe in the twentieth century. A comparative perspective which incorporates belligerent, occupied and neutral countries provides new insights into the relationship between food and war. The analysis ranges from military provisioning and systems of food rationing to civilians' survival strategies and the role of war in stimulating innovation and modernization.

Author : Dr Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska,Dr Rachel Duffett,Professor Alain Drouard
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409490197

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Food and War in Twentieth Century Europe by Dr Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska,Dr Rachel Duffett,Professor Alain Drouard Pdf

Wars cannot be fought and sustained without food and this unique collection explores the impact of war on food production, allocation and consumption in Europe in the twentieth century. A comparative perspective which incorporates belligerent, occupied and neutral countries provides new insights into the relationship between food and war. The analysis ranges from military provisioning and systems of food rationing to civilians' survival strategies and the role of war in stimulating innovation and modernization.

Author : André Magnan
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774831161

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When Wheat Was King by André Magnan Pdf

Over the course of a century, the Canadian Prairies went from being the breadbasket of the world to but one of many grain-growing regions in a vast global agri-food system. Magnan traces the causes and consequences of this evolution, from the first transatlantic shipments of wheat to the controversial dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board. When Wheat Was King reveals how farmers, governments, and consumers, over successive periods, responded to industrialization, international trade rules set by the US, the liberalization of global markets, and the consolidation of corporate power. The result is a fascinating look at how regional, national, and international politics have influenced agriculture and food industries in Canada, the UK, and around the world.

Author : Barbara Warnock
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444152210

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My Revision Notes Edexcel AS History: The Experience of Warfare by Barbara Warnock Pdf

Written by senior examiners and experienced teachers of the course, this student revision workbook for Edexcel AS History Unit 2: The Experience of Warfare closely combines course content with revision activities and advice on exam technique. This allows students the opportunity to improve the skills needed to perform well in exam conditions through interacting with the content they need to revise. In addition each section has a model answer with exam tips for students to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam.

Author : Alan F. Wilt
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191543340

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Food for War by Alan F. Wilt Pdf

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.

Author : Rory Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317870289

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Britain and Latin America in the 19th and 20th Centuries by Rory Miller Pdf

The first full-length survey of Britain's role in Latin America as a whole from the early 1800s to the 1950s, when influence in the region passed to the United States. Rory Miller examines the reasons for the rise and decline of British influence, and reappraises its impact on the Latin American states. Did it, as often claimed, circumscribe their political autonomy and inhibit their economic development? This sustained case study of imperialism and dependency will have an interest beyond Latin American specialists alone.