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Author Short, Brian, 1944-
Title The battle of the fields : rural community and authority in Britain during the Second World War / Brian Short.
Publisher Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2014.


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Contents Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing food security in the mid-twentieth century; 1 Prelude: The 1930s and the origins and purpose of state intervention in farming; 2 Rural society on the eve of war; 3 The arrival of the county committees and their structures; 4 The membership of the county committees and their role in farm surveillance; 5 Networking the rural community; 6 Dispossessing farmers in England and Wales during and after the war; 7 Power and tragedy: The sad case of Ray Walden.
8 Reclamation: Environmental and landscape transformation, 1939-459 Reclamation: The Fenland and coastal marshes; 10 Wartime farming and state control in Scotland and Northern Ireland; 11 Representation, memory and fiction; 12 1945 and postwar continuities; 13 Contradictions in a countryside at war; Bibliography; Index.
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ISBN 9781782043164 (electronic bk.)
1782043160 (electronic bk.)
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Author Short, Brian, 1944-
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
England -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
England -- Rural conditions -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (482 pages)
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Media computer c
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Contents Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing food security in the mid-twentieth century; 1 Prelude: The 1930s and the origins and purpose of state intervention in farming; 2 Rural society on the eve of war; 3 The arrival of the county committees and their structures; 4 The membership of the county committees and their role in farm surveillance; 5 Networking the rural community; 6 Dispossessing farmers in England and Wales during and after the war; 7 Power and tragedy: The sad case of Ray Walden.
8 Reclamation: Environmental and landscape transformation, 1939-459 Reclamation: The Fenland and coastal marshes; 10 Wartime farming and state control in Scotland and Northern Ireland; 11 Representation, memory and fiction; 12 1945 and postwar continuities; 13 Contradictions in a countryside at war; Bibliography; Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781782043164 (electronic bk.)
1782043160 (electronic bk.)
Author Short, Brian, 1944-
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
England -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
England -- Rural conditions -- 20th century.

Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
England -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
England -- Rural conditions -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (482 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing food security in the mid-twentieth century; 1 Prelude: The 1930s and the origins and purpose of state intervention in farming; 2 Rural society on the eve of war; 3 The arrival of the county committees and their structures; 4 The membership of the county committees and their role in farm surveillance; 5 Networking the rural community; 6 Dispossessing farmers in England and Wales during and after the war; 7 Power and tragedy: The sad case of Ray Walden.
8 Reclamation: Environmental and landscape transformation, 1939-459 Reclamation: The Fenland and coastal marshes; 10 Wartime farming and state control in Scotland and Northern Ireland; 11 Representation, memory and fiction; 12 1945 and postwar continuities; 13 Contradictions in a countryside at war; Bibliography; Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781782043164 (electronic bk.)
1782043160 (electronic bk.)
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