The Hunger Winter: Fighting Famine in the Occupied Netherlands, 1944–1945 - Couverture rigide

De Zwarte, Ingrid

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108836801 ISBN 13 : 9781108836807

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

In this pioneering study, Ingrid de Zwarte examines the causes and demographic impact of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter' that occurred in the Netherlands during the final months of German occupation in the Second World War. She offers a comprehensive and multifaceted view of the socio-political context in which the famine emerged and considers how the famine was confronted at different societal levels, including the responses by Dutch, German and Allied state institutions, affected households, and local communities. Contrary to highly-politicized assumptions, she argues that the famine resulted from a culmination of multiple transportation and distribution difficulties. Although Allied relief was postponed for many crucial months and official rations fell far below subsistence level, successful community efforts to fight the famine conditions emerged throughout the country. She also explains why German authorities found reasons to cooperate and allow relief for the starving Dutch. With these explorations, The Hunger Winter offers a radically new understanding of the Dutch famine and provides a valuable insight into the strategies and coping mechanisms of a modern society facing catastrophe.

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À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108836801
• ISBN 13: 9781108836807
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 315
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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