Hunger in war and peace: an analysis of the nutritional status of women and children in Germany, 1914-1924

Thesis

The question posed by this dissertation is very simple. What was the nutritional status of women and children in Germany during and subsequent to the First World War? The question itself is an old one, but it continues to be argued. To approach this issue, I have placed it in the context of a few of the century-old debates, continuing still, that relate to what the Germans called the 'Hungerblockade'.

At the outbreak of the First World War England initiated a naval blockade against ...

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Authors: Cox, M; Mary Cox

• Publication date: 2015
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-zbyya97g1
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Health; International Aid; German History; Economic History; Childhood; First World War; Social Inequality; International History; WHO; Anthropometrics; Women; Living Standards
• Subjects: History; History of childhood; History of War; History of medicine; Economic and Social History; History of Britain and Europe; International,imperial and global history