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- catalog abstract "Annotation Challenging assumptions about the separation of high politics and everyday life, Belinda Davis uncovers the important influence of the broad civilian populace -- particularly poorer women -- on German domestic and even military policy during World War I. As Britain's wartime blockade of goods to Central Europe increasingly squeezed the German food supply, public protests led by "women of little means" broke out in the streets of Berlin and other German cities. These "street scenes" riveted public attention and drew urban populations together across class lines to make formidable, apparently unified demands on the German state. Imperial authorities responded in unprecedented fashion in the interests of beleaguered consumers, interceding actively in food distribution and production. But officials' actions were far more effective in legitimating popular demands than in defending the state's right to rule. In the end, says Davis, this dynamic fundamentally reformulated relations between state and society and contributed to the state's downfall in 1918. Shedding new light on the Wilhelmine government, German subjects' role as political actors, and the influence of the war on the home front on the Weimar state and society, Home Fires Burning# helps rewrite the political history of World War I Germany.".
- catalog contributor b11658234.
- catalog coverage "Berlin (Germany) History 1918-1945.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "1. Germany from Peace to War -- 2. Bread, Cake, and Just Desserts -- 3. Women of Lesser Means -- 4. Battles over Butter -- 5. One View of How Politics Worked in World War I Berlin -- 6. A Food Dictatorship -- 7. Soup, Stew, and Eating German -- 8. Food for the Weak, Food for the Strong -- 9. The End of Faith -- 10. Germany from War to Peace?".
- catalog description "Annotation Challenging assumptions about the separation of high politics and everyday life, Belinda Davis uncovers the important influence of the broad civilian populace -- particularly poorer women -- on German domestic and even military policy during World War I. As Britain's wartime blockade of goods to Central Europe increasingly squeezed the German food supply, public protests led by "women of little means" broke out in the streets of Berlin and other German cities. These "street scenes" riveted public attention and drew urban populations together across class lines to make formidable, apparently unified demands on the German state. Imperial authorities responded in unprecedented fashion in the interests of beleaguered consumers, interceding actively in food distribution and production. But officials' actions were far more effective in legitimating popular demands than in defending the state's right to rule. In the end, says Davis, this dynamic fundamentally reformulated relations between state and society and contributed to the state's downfall in 1918. Shedding new light on the Wilhelmine government, German subjects' role as political actors, and the influence of the war on the home front on the Weimar state and society, Home Fires Burning# helps rewrite the political history of World War I Germany.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-341) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 349 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Home fires burning.".
- catalog identifier "0807825263 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807848379 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Home fires burning.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Home fires burning.".
- catalog spatial "Berlin (Germany) History 1918-1945.".
- catalog spatial "Germany Berlin.".
- catalog spatial "Germany".
- catalog spatial "Germany.".
- catalog subject "943/.155084 21".
- catalog subject "D538.5.B47 D38 2000".
- catalog subject "Women Germany History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Food supply Germany.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Germany Berlin.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Women Germany.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Germany from Peace to War -- 2. Bread, Cake, and Just Desserts -- 3. Women of Lesser Means -- 4. Battles over Butter -- 5. One View of How Politics Worked in World War I Berlin -- 6. A Food Dictatorship -- 7. Soup, Stew, and Eating German -- 8. Food for the Weak, Food for the Strong -- 9. The End of Faith -- 10. Germany from War to Peace?".
- catalog title "Home fires burning : food, politics, and everyday life in World War I Berlin / Belinda J. Davis.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".