War, agriculture, and food : rural Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s / / edited by Paul Brassley, Yves Segers, and Leen Van Molle

• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1094/09041
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - Economic aspects - Europe; Rural development - Europe - History - 20th century; War - Economic aspects - Europe - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Economic conditions 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BrassleyPaul <1946-> MolleLeen van <1953-> SegersYves <1970->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; War, Agriculture, and Food: Rural Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1. Introduction; Part I: The International Perspective; 2. Natura Non Fecit Saltus: The 1930s as the Discontinuity in the History of European Agriculture; 3. International Trade in Agricultural Products, 1935-1955; Part II: State Regulation and Agricultural Policy; 4. Paths to Productivism: Agricultural Regulation in the Second World War and Its Aftermath in Great Britain and German-Annexed Austria ; 5. Spanish Agriculture, 1931-1955: Crisis, Wars, and New Policies in the Reshaping of Rural Society6. Wartime Agricultural Policy in Peacetime: A Case Study of Hungary, 1940-1956; Part III: The State-Farmer Relationship; 7. From War Profits to Post-War Investments: How the German Occupation Improved Investments in Danish Agriculture in the Post-War Years; 8. Corporatism, Agricultural Modernization and War in Ireland and Switzerland, 1935-1955; 9. Farming, Favoured in Times of Fear: Swedish Agricultural Politics, 1935-1955 ; 10. The Social Impact of State Control of Agriculture in Britain, 1939-1955Part IV: Rural Identities; 11. Change in the European Countryside: Peasants and Democracy in Germany, 1935-1955; 12. Heroes of the Reconstruction? Images of British Farmers in War and Peace; 13. Food Stocks, the Black Market, and Town and Country Tensions in France during Two World Wars and Beyond; 14. Conclusions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Between the 1930s and the 1950s rural life in Europe underwent profound changes, partly as a result of the Second World War, and partly as a result of changes which had been in progress over many years. This book examines a range of European countries, from Scandinavia to Spain and Ireland to Hungary, during this crucial period, and identifies the common pressures to which they all responded and the features that were unique to individual countries. In particular, it examines the processes of agricultural development over western Europe as a whole, the impact of the war on international tra
• Titolo autorizzato: War, agriculture, and food
• ISBN: 1-280-66172-0; 9786613638656; 0-203-12142-2; 1-136-32724-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451632903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in modern European history ; ; 18.