The stomach for fighting by Rachel Duffett

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The stomach for fighting by Rachel Duffett

Extensively researched from a wide range of sources so that theoretical concepts are illuminated with the mens own accounts of lived experience. -- .

Beautifully written and utterly absorbing
Family Tree Magazine, 01/11/2012, Family Tree Magazine, 01/11/2012|Rachel Duffett has written a fine social history of British rank and file soldiers, or rankers, and their experiences of food during the Great War
Professor Kyri Claflin, Reviews in History, 18 October 2012, Professor Kyri Claflin,, Reviews in History|..provides a rich and valuable contribution to the cultural history of the Great War., May Rosenthal Sloan, University of Glasgow, UK, War in History 2013: 20, 2013

‘Duffett’s observations on the emotional power inherent in food and feeding practices are striking. The Stomach for Fighting is a rich addition to studies of food and war, and will be useful to food studies scholars and those interested in the social and cultural history of the Great War.’
Kaete O’Connell, Temple University, H-War, December 2017

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Rachel Duffett teaches History at the University of Essex and the Open University
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780719099878
ISBN 10 0719099870
Title The stomach for fighting
Author Rachel Duffett
Series Cultural History Of Modern War
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Manchester University Press
Year published 2015-11-01
Number of pages 304
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