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OverviewAt the outbreak of the First World War, Great Britain quickly took steps to initiate a naval blockade against Germany. In addition to military goods and other contraband, foodstuffs and fertilizer were also added to the list of forbidden exports to Germany. As the grip of the Blockade strengthened, Germans complained that civilians-particularly women and children-were going hungry because of it. The impact of the blockade on non-combatants was especially fraught during the eight month period of the Armistice when the blockade remained in force. Even though fighting had stopped, German civilians wondered how they would go through another winter of hunger. The issue became internationalised as civic leaders across the country wrote books, pamphlets, and articles about their distress, and begged for someone to step in and relieve German women and children with food aid. Their pleas were answered with an outpouring of generosity from across the world. Some have argued, then and since, that these outcries were based on gross exaggerations based more on political need rather than actual want. This book examines what the actual nutritional statuses of women and children in Germany were during and following the War. Mary Cox uses detailed height and weight data for over 600,000 German children to show the true measure of overall deprivation, and to gauge infant recovery. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Elisabeth Cox (William Golding Junior Research Fellow in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Brasenose College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.10cm Weight: 0.700kg ISBN: 9780198820116ISBN 10: 0198820119 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 16 May 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMary Elisabeth Cox is a William Golding Fellow in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Brasenose College, Oxford University. She is also a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, and serves as a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Her research focuses on food insecurity, living standards of civilians during wartime, and the development of relief institutions during the early 20th century. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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