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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9780719084584


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 December 2011
Format:   Hardback
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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: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780719084584


ISBN 10:   071908458
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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, 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


Beautifully written and utterly absorbing 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 ..provides a rich and valuable contribution to the cultural history of the Great War. ‘Duffett’s observations on the emotional power inherent in food and feeding practices are striking. The Stomach for Fighting is a rich addition to studies of food and war, and will be useful to food studies scholars and those interested in the social and cultural history of the Great War.’ Kaete O’Connell, Temple University, H-War, December 2017 -- .


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


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Rachel Duffett teaches History at the University of Essex and UCS, Ipswich.

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