War, Agriculture, and Food : Rural Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s (Hardcover)

1. Introduction Leen Van Molle, Yves Segers, and Paul Brassley  Part I: The International Perspective  2. Natura Non Fecit Saltus: The 1930s as the discontinuity in the history of European Agriculture Giovanni Federico  3. International Trade in Agricultural Products, 1935-1955 Paul Brassley  Part II: State Regulation and Agricultural Policy  4. Paths to Productivism: Agricultural regulation in the Second World War and its aftermath in Great Britain and German-annexed Austria John Martin and Ernst Langthaler  5. Spanish Agriculture 1931-1955: Crisis, wars, and new policies in the reshaping of rural society Juan Pan-Montojo  6. Wartime Agricultural Policy in Peacetime: A case study of Hungary 1940-1956 Zsuzsanna Varga  Part III: The State ? Farmer Relationship  7. From War Profits to Post-War Investments: How the German occupation improved investments in Danish agriculture in the post-war years Mogens R.Nissen  8. Corporatism, Agricultural Modernisation and War in Ireland and Switzerland 1935-55 Peter Moser and Tony Varley  9. Farming, Favoured in Times of Fear: Swedish agricultural politics 1935-55 Carin Martiin  10. The Social Impact of State Control of Agriculture in Britain 1939-55 Brian Short  Part IV: Rural Identities  11. Change in the European Countryside: Peasants and democracy in Germany 1935-55 Gesine Gerhard  12. Heroes of the Reconstruction? Images of British farmers in war and peace Clare Griffiths  13. Food Stocks, the Black Market, and Town and Country Tensions in France during Two World Wars and Beyond Edouard Lynch  14. Conclusions Paul Brassley, Yves Segers, and Leen Van Molle  Notes on Contributors  Notes  Index