{"product_id":"home-fires-burning-food-politics-and-everyday-life-in-world-war-i-berlin-paperback","title":"Home Fires Burning: Food, Politics, and Everyday Life in World War I Berlin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBelinda J. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging assumptions about the separation of high politics and everyday life, Belinda Davis uncovers the important influence of the broad civilian populace--particularly poorer women--on German domestic and even military policy during World War I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Britain's wartime blockade of goods to Central Europe increasingly squeezed the German food supply, public protests led by \"women of little means\" broke out in the streets of Berlin and other German cities. These \"street scenes\" riveted public attention and drew urban populations together across class lines to make formidable, apparently unified demands on the German state. Imperial authorities responded in unprecedented fashion in the interests of beleaguered consumers, interceding actively in food distribution and production. But officials' actions were far more effective in legitimating popular demands than in defending the state's right to rule. In the end, says Davis, this dynamic fundamentally reformulated relations between state and society and contributed to the state's downfall in 1918. Shedding new light on the Wilhelmine government, German subjects' role as political actors, and the influence of the war on the home front on the Weimar state and society, \u003ci\u003eHome Fires Burning\u003c\/i\u003e helps rewrite the political history of World War I Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging assumptions about the separation of politics and everyday life, Davis uncovers the important influence of poorer women on German domestic policy during World War I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelinda J. Davis is associate professor of history at Rutgers University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9.26 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722624602175,"sku":"9780807848371","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ff3c0e54fb5afcaa7d85516c55d4ef4a.webp?v=1765096382","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/home-fires-burning-food-politics-and-everyday-life-in-world-war-i-berlin-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}