{"product_id":"the-provisions-of-war-expanding-the-boundaries-of-food-and-conflict-1840-1990-paperback","title":"The Provisions of War: Expanding the Boundaries of Food and Conflict, 1840-1990 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Nordstrom\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Provisions of War\u003c\/i\u003e examines how soldiers, civilians, communities, and institutions have used food and its absence as both a destructive weapon and a unifying force in establishing governmental control and cultural cohesion during times of conflict. Historians as well as scholars of literature, regional studies, and religious studies problematize traditional geographic boundaries and periodization in this essay collection, analyzing various conflicts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a foodways lens to reveal new insights about the parameters of armed interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe subjects covered are as varied and inclusive as the perspectives offered-ranging from topics like military logistics and animal disease in colonial Africa, Indian vegetarian identity, and food in the counterinsurgency of the Malayan Emergency, to investigations of hunger in Egypt after World War I and American soldiers' role in the making of US-Mexico borderlands. Taken together, the essays here demonstrate the role of food in shaping prewar political debates and postwar realities, revealing how dietary adjustments brought on by military campaigns reshape national and individual foodways and identities long after the cessation of hostilities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustin Nordstrom is professor of history at Penn State's Hazleton campus. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDanger on the Doorstep: Anti-Catholicism and American Print Culture in the Progressive Era\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eAunt Sammy's Radio Recipes: The Original 1927 Cookbook and Housekeeper's Chat\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099664781447,"sku":"9781682261750","price":37.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/262f919246f7a02c0869b7cb0d7846b9.webp?v=1732376456","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-provisions-of-war-expanding-the-boundaries-of-food-and-conflict-1840-1990-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}