The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Great War
Author:   Rachel Duffett ,  Bertrand Taithe ,  Penny Summerfield ,  Peter Gatrell
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9780719099878


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 November 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Rachel Duffett ,  Bertrand Taithe ,  Penny Summerfield ,  Peter Gatrell
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9780719099878


ISBN 10:   0719099870
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 November 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Food and war 2. Before the war 3. First taste: eating in the home camps 4. Feeding the men: army provisioning, the cooks and the ASC 5. Eating: the men and their rations 6. Beyond the ration: scrounging, supplementing and sharing Conclusion Bibliography Index -- .

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Beautifully written and utterly absorbing -- Family Tree Magazine, November 2012 Rachel Duffett has written a fine social history of British rank and file soldiers, or rankers, and their experiences of food during the Great War. -- Professor Kyri Claflin, Reviews in History, October 2012


Beautifully written and utterly absorbing Family Tree Magazine, 01/11/2012 -- . Family Tree Magazine, 01/11/2012 Rachel Duffett has written a fine social history of British rank and file soldiers, or rankers, and their experiences of food during the Great War. Professor Kyri Claflin, Reviews in History, 18 October 2012 -- Professor Kyri Claflin,. Reviews in History ..provides a rich and valuable contribution to the cultural history of the Great War. -- May Rosenthal Sloan. War in History 2013: 20


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Rachel Duffett teaches History at the University of Essex and the Open University

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