Hunger Winter - Fighting Famine in the Occupied Netherlands, 1944-1945

A pioneering study on the causes and consequences of the Dutch famine of 1944-1945.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Historical contexts; 2. Causes of the famine; 3. Effects on mortality, fertility, and health in later life; 4. Central government and food administration; 5. The politics and practices of Allied relief; 6. Coping at household and individual levels; 7. Community strategies; 8. The evacuation of children; Conclusion.

About the author

Ingrid de Zwarte is Assistant Professor of Rural and Environmental History at Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands.

Product details

• Authors: Ingrid de Zwarte, Ingrid (Wageningen Universiteit De Zwarte
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108836807
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83680-7
• No. of pages: 315
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Netherlands, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)