Economic and Social History of the World War. British food control
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- Author(s) Beveridge, William H
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1928
- Pages 447pp
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
- Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Provides contextual material for understanding the food processing and distribution industries, 1914-18, dealing with the move to controls, establishment of the Ministry of Food, administration of controls, control of supplies, regulation of prices, rationing and distribution, enforcement of controls, decontrol. Much on particular goods: meat, dairy produce, grains and bread, sugar, tea. The writer was Sir William Beveridge, 1879-1963, economist and social reformer, who as Second Secretary in the Ministry of Food from its establishment in 1916