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Food in Wartime Britain

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Testimonies from the Kitchen Front (1939–1945)

Food in Wartime Britain

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Food in Wartime Britain book

Testimonies from the Kitchen Front (1939–1945)
ByNatacha Chevalier
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2020
eBook Published 27 April 2020
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429429248
Pages 172
eBook ISBN 9780429429248
Subjects Environment and Sustainability, Humanities, Politics & International Relations
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Chevalier, N. (2020). Food in Wartime Britain: Testimonies from the Kitchen Front (1939–1945) (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429429248

ABSTRACT

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |6 pages

Introduction, sources and methodology

part Part I|40 pages

The British and their food

chapter 1|10 pages

British eating habits

A short history

chapter 2|10 pages

Food and social classes

chapter 3|18 pages

Food management in wartime

part Part II|103 pages

Testimonies from the Kitchen Front

chapter 4|42 pages

The diarists and their diaries

chapter 5|54 pages

The Kitchen Front

chapter |5 pages

Epilogue and conclusion

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