Food for War: Agriculture and Rearmament in Britain before the Second World War

by Alan F. Wilt

Overview

This groundbreaking study charts Britain's food and agricultural preparations in the 1930s. It shows that in this sector, in contrast to other areas of the economy, government plans were already well-developed by 1939 and examines how the measures of the 1930s not only set the stage for World War II but also contributed to a more robust British agiculture in the decades that followed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198208716
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/15/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Iowa State University (Emeritus)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. The Background, 1914-363. The Pace Quickens, 1936-84. From Crisis to War, 1938-95. Influence of the Agricultural Lobbies6. Awareness in the Countryside7. Food in Wartime, 1939-408. Epilogue and ConclusionBibliography