Feeding the People in Wartime Britain (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781350259713)

While the history of food on the home front in wartime Britain has mostly focused on rationing, this book reveals the importance and scale of nation-wide communal dining schemes during this era. Welcomed by some as a symbol of a progressive future in which 'wasteful' home dining would disappear, and derided by others for threatening the social order, these sites of food and eating attracted great political and cultural debate.

Using extensive primary source material, Feeding the People in Wartime Britain examines the cuisine served in these communal restaurants and the people who used them. It challenges the notion that communal eating played a marginal role in wartime food policy and reveals the impact they had in advancing nutritional understanding and new food technologies. Comparing them to similar ventures in mainland Europe and understanding the role of propaganda from the Ministry of Food in their success, Evans unearths this neglected history of emergency public feeding and relates it to contemporary debates around food policy in times of crisis.

Author: Bryce Evans
ISBN-10: 1350259713
ISBN-13: 9781350259713
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2022
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d