Overview
Examines the social, cultural and emotional significance of food and hunger in World War I, World War II and the Global Cold War
Analyzes Germany’s modern wars through food-centered perspectives and experiences “from below”
Moves beyond the “hot zones” of armed conflict to consider spaces such as public kitchens, occupation zones, medical encounters and reconstruction programs
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
Keywords
- food in German history
- historical food studies
- food insecurity
- homefront food supplies
- food in warfare
- Germany in the twentieth century
- First World War
- Second World War
- Great War
- Cold War
- globalization
- hunger in 20th century Germany
- the kitchen revolution in Germany
- public feeding programs in Germany
- Jewish foodways
- German Democratic Republic
- Histories of Consumption
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Heather R. Perry is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Food, Culture and Identity in Germany's Century of War
Editors: Heather Merle Benbow, Heather R. Perry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27138-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27137-4Published: 28 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27140-4Published: 28 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27138-1Published: 18 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 280
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Germany and Central Europe, History of World War II and the Holocaust, World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History, Cultural History