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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780371903321

Autore

Davis Belinda J (Belinda Joy), <1959->

Titolo

Home fires burning [[electronic resource] ] : food, politics, and everyday life in World War I Berlin / / Belinda J. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000

ISBN

979-88-908706-3-6

0-8078-6061-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (710 p.)

Disciplina

943/.155084

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Germany - Berlin

Women - Germany - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Women - Germany

World War, 1914-1918 - Food supply - Germany

Berlin (Germany) History 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-341) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Home Fires Burning; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS AND FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 GERMANY FROM PEACE TO WAR; 2 BREAD, CAKE, AND JUST DESERTS; 3 WOMEN OF LESSER MEANS; 4 BATTLES OVER BUTTER; 5 ONE VIEW OF HOW POLITICS WORKED IN WORLD WAR I BERLIN; 6 A FOOD DICTATORSHIP; 7 SOUP, STEW, AND EATING GERMAN; 8 FOOD FOR THE WEAK, FOOD FOR THE STRONG; 9 THE END OF FAITH; 10 GERMANY FROM WAR TO PEACE?; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Home Fires Burning: Food, Politics, and Everyday Life in World War I Berlin