The battle of the fields : rural community and authority in Britain during the Second World War /: rural community and authority in Britain during the Second World War. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian Short.
• Authors: Short, Brian, 1944-
• Contents: Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing food security in the mid-twentieth century; 1 Prelude: The 1930s and the origins and purpose of state intervention in farming; 2 Rural society on the eve of war; 3 The arrival of the county committees and their structures; 4 The membership of the county committees and their role in farm surveillance; 5 Networking the rural community; 6 Dispossessing farmers in England and Wales during and after the war; 7 Power and tragedy: The sad case of Ray Walden. 8 Reclamation: Environmental and landscape transformation, 1939-459 Reclamation: The Fenland and coastal marshes; 10 Wartime farming and state control in Scotland and Northern Ireland; 11 Representation, memory and fiction; 12 1945 and postwar continuities; 13 Contradictions in a countryside at war; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (482 pages)
• Subjects: 940.531; World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century; Rural conditions; Social aspects; Social conditions; England -- Social conditions -- 20th century; England -- Rural conditions -- 20th century; England; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782043164; 1782043160
• Related ISBNs: 9781843839378
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.