Rationed life
Subtitle: science, everyday life and working-class politics in the Bohemian lands, 1914-1918
By: Rudolph Kučera
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781785331282; 9781785331299
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Rationing; Food; Science; Protest movements; Labor; War and society; Sex role; Social conditions; Working class; History
Work titles: Život na příděl
Description: "Far from the battlefront, hundreds of thousands of workers toiled in Bohemian factories over the course of World War I, and their lives were inescapably shaped by the conflict. In particular, they faced new and dramatic forms of material hardship that strained social ties and placed in sharp relief the most mundane aspects of daily life, such as when, what, and with whom to eat. This study reconstructs the experience of the Bohemian working class during the Great War through explorations of four basic spheres--food, labor, gender, and protest--that comprise a fascinating case study in early twentieth-century social history"--From publisher's website.
Notes: "Revised and extended manuscript that was originally published in Czech in 2013"--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rationed satiety : the politics of food; title: Rationed fatigue : the politics of work; title: Rationed manliness : the politics of gender; title: Rationed anger : the politics of protest.