The British Police and Home Food Production in the Great War

Language: English

Published by Palgrave Macmillan Jun 2025, 2025

3031587456 / 9783031587450

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Neuware -This book explores the role of the British Police in home food production during the First World War, a critical time when decreasing food imports threatened population starvation around the country. Drawing from the police's most popular weekly journal, the book provides insights into policemen's lives, the political context in which they worked, and the pressures on police forces throughout Britain during the Great War. Unlike neighbouring countries in Europe, Britain avoided major food riots due to government control of farming from December1916, which prioritised agriculture to feed the nation. The police force released over 400 policemen in England and Scotland to serve as ploughmen from March 1917 for around two months. Almost a third of policemen throughout Britain had previous agricultural backgrounds and so were welcomed by farmers as experienced workers. This book illustrates not only why the food crisis arose and the state of British farming during the war, but it also sheds light on how individual police forces were approached and encouraged to release their policemen, at a time when police forces themselves were critically short of staff due to recruitment into the war. The author discusses how the release of policemen into agriculture as first responders benefitted the police and provided surveillance over home food production in the national interest. 240 pp. Englisch.…

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Title
The British Police and Home Food Production in the Great War
Author
Mary Fraser
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Jun 2025
Publication year
2025
Condition
Neu
Binding
Taschenbuch
Language
English
ISBN 10
3031587456
ISBN 13
9783031587450
Item weight
316 grams
Dimensions
210x148x14 mm

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