Description |
xiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index. |
Contents |
Rationing is good democracy -- Woman as wartime homemaker : family, food, and national security -- Islands of serenity : gender, race, and ordered meals -- Meat and sugar : consumption, rationing, and wartime food deprivation -- Victory gardening and canning : men, women, and home front family food production -- Freedom from want : abundance and sacrifice in U.S. postwar famine relief. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.
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Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women. |
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United States. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Homemakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Homemakers. |
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Rationing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Rationing. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
ISBN |
0252067274 paperback acid-free paper |
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0252024192 cloth acid-free paper |
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