Food Will Win the War: The Politics, Culture, and Science of Food on Canada's Home Front

by Ian Mosby

Book Overview

During the Second World War, as Canada struggled to provide its allies with food, public health officials warned that malnutrition could derail the war effort. Posters admonished Canadians to "Eat Right" because "Canada Needs You Strong" while cookbooks helped housewives become "housoldiers" through food rationing, menu substitutions, and household production. Ian Mosby explores the symbolic and material transformations that food and eating underwent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774827610
• ISBN13: 9780774827614
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"