The British police and home food production in the great war: police as ploughmen, 1917-1918

This book explores the role of the British Police in home food production during the First World War, a critical time when decreasing food imports threatened population starvation around the country. Drawing from the police's most popular weekly journal, the book provides insights into policeme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fraser, Mary (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan [2024]
In:Year: 2024
Online Access: Cover (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Agrarwissenschaften
Agricultural science
British & Irish history
Crime & criminology
Europäische Geschichte
Geschichte
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
HISTORY / Social History
History
Social Science / Criminology
Social & Cultural History
Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General
Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik)
Westeuropa
Erster Weltkrieg > Ernährungskrise > Polizei > Landwirtschaft > Pflug > Geschichte
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Summary:This book explores the role of the British Police in home food production during the First World War, a critical time when decreasing food imports threatened population starvation around the country. Drawing from the police's most popular weekly journal, the book provides insights into policemen's lives, the political context in which they worked, and the pressures on police forces throughout Britain during the Great War. Unlike neighbouring countries in Europe, Britain avoided major food riots due to government control of farming from December 1916, which prioritised agriculture to feed the nation. The police force released over 400 policemen in England and Scotland to serve as ploughmen from March 1917 for around two months. Almost a third of policemen throughout Britain had previous agricultural backgrounds and so were welcomed by farmers as experienced workers. This book illustrates not only why the food crisis arose and the state of British farming during the war, but it also sheds light on how individual police forces were approached and encouraged to release their policemen, at a time when police forces themselves were critically short of staff due to recruitment into the war. The author discusses how the release of policemen into agriculture as first responders benefitted the police and provided surveillance over home food production in the national interest
Physical Description:xvii, 222 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9783031587429