Title War, Agriculture, and Food : Rural Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (287 pages) Series Routledge Studies in Modern European History Routledge studies in modern European history. Contents Cover; War, Agriculture, and Food: Rural Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1. Introduction; Part I: The International Perspective; 2. Natura Non Fecit Saltus: The 1930s as the Discontinuity in the History of European Agriculture; 3. International Trade in Agricultural Products, 1935-1955; Part II: State Regulation and Agricultural Policy; 4. Paths to Productivism: Agricultural Regulation in the Second World War and Its Aftermath in Great Britain and German-Annexed Austria 5. Spanish Agriculture, 1931-1955: Crisis, Wars, and New Policies in the Reshaping of Rural Society6. Wartime Agricultural Policy in Peacetime: A Case Study of Hungary, 1940-1956; Part III: The State-Farmer Relationship; 7. From War Profits to Post-War Investments: How the German Occupation Improved Investments in Danish Agriculture in the Post-War Years; 8. Corporatism, Agricultural Modernization and War in Ireland and Switzerland, 1935-1955; 9. Farming, Favoured in Times of Fear: Swedish Agricultural Politics, 1935-1955 10. The Social Impact of State Control of Agriculture in Britain, 1939-1955Part IV: Rural Identities; 11. Change in the European Countryside: Peasants and Democracy in Germany, 1935-1955; 12. Heroes of the Reconstruction? Images of British Farmers in War and Peace; 13. Food Stocks, the Black Market, and Town and Country Tensions in France during Two World Wars and Beyond; 14. Conclusions; Index Summary Between the 1930s and the 1950s rural life in Europe underwent profound changes, partly as a result of the Second World War, and partly as a result of changes which had been in progress over many years. This book examines a range of European countries, from Scandinavia to Spain and Ireland to Hungary, during this crucial period, and identifies the common pressures to which they all responded and the features that were unique to individual countries. In particular, it examines the processes of agricultural development over western Europe as a whole, the impact of the war on international tra Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Rural development -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Europe War -- Economic aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Agriculture -- Economic aspects Economic history Rural development War -- Economic aspects Landwirtschaft SUBJECT Europe -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045675 Subject Europe Europa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Segers, Yves Van Molle, Leen Van ISBN 9780203121429 0203121422

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