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

Paperback • 2000 • English

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

By Belinda J. Davis

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About the book

Challenging assumptions about the separation of high politics and everyday life, this book uncovers the important influence of the broad civilian populace, particularly poorer women, on German domestic and even military policy during World War I. As Britain's wartime blockade of goods to Central Europe increasingly squeezed the German food supply, public protests led by ""women of little means"" broke out in the streets of Berlin and other German cities. These ""street scenes"" riveted public at...Show more

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9780807848371

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

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

Format

Paperback

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