Reforming food in post-Famine Ireland Medicine, science and improvement, 1845–1922 /
Miller, Ian,1980-author.
Maps the pivotal role of food in shaping Irish society against the background of famine, the Land Wars, political turbulence, WWI, and the struggle for independence.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index.
Science, improvement and food, c. 1845-80. The chemistry of famine : nutritional discourse and dietary transformation ; Reforming food production : agricultural science and education -- Food and national decline in post-Famine Ireland, c. 1845-1910. Food and improvement in the mid-nineteenth-century institution ; The decaying post-Famine body : tea, bread and nutritional decline ; Purity, adulteration and national economic decline ; Reforming Irish domestic and agricultural education -- Food, imperialism and resistance, c. 1900-22. Voluntarism, the state and the feeding of the young ; Anticipating a second Famine : consumption, production and resistance during the First World War.
Maps the pivotal role of food in shaping Irish society against the background of famine, the Land Wars, political turbulence, WWI, and the struggle for independence.
Description based on print version record.
Food supply.
History, 20th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 19th Century
Diet
Diet
Food Supply
Food Supply
Food supply
Food supply
Diet
Diet