How the Pershore Plum Won the Great War

Professor Maggie Andrews, Jenni Waugh (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

2016
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6516-3 (ISBN)

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The First World War was won not just on the battlefields but on the Home Front, by the men, women and children left behind. This book explores the lives of the people of Pershore and the surrounding district in wartime, drawing on their memories, letters, postcards, photographs, leaflets and recipes to demonstrate how their hard work in cultivating and preserving fruit and vegetables helped to win the Great War. Pershore plums were used to make jam for the troops; but ensuring these and other fruits and vegetables were grown and harvested required the labour of land girls, Boy Scouts, schoolchildren, Irish labourers and Belgian refugees. When submarine warfare intensified, food shortages occurred and it became vital for Britain to grow more and eat less food. Housewives faced many challenges in feeding their families and so in 1916 the Pershore Women’s Institute was formed, providing many women with practical help and companionship during some of Britain’s darkest hours in history.

Maggie Andrews is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Worcester, with a keen interest in the Home Front in Britain in both World Wars, on which she has published a range of books and articles. She is the Historical Consultant for the BBC Radio series Home Front, adviser to the BBC in the West Midlands on their World War One at Home Project, and is a member of the Women's History Network. She lives in Pershore, Worcestershire.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.2016
Zusatzinfo	70 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-7509-6516-9 / 0750965169
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-6516-3 / 9780750965163
Zustand	Neuware