| 书目名称 | Women and the Rise of Nutrition Science in Interwar Britain and British Africa | | 编辑 | Lacey Sparks | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Combines histories of empire, food, Britain, and Africa, situated within the broad context of 20th-century empire.Seeks to centre both white and Black women’s historical voices and experiences.Unites | | 丛书名称 | Britain and the World | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | In the wake of the Great Depression, economic recovery and nutritional improvement in Britain simultaneously occurred with their decline in British Africa. While histories of science, medicine and British Empire have provided fertile analytical ground for decades, the field of nutrition science has received comparatively little attention. Widespread malnutrition between the World Wars called into question the role of the British state in preserving the welfare of both its citizens and its subjects, especially women, given their role in feeding their families. International organizations such as the League of Nations, empire- wide projects such as nutrition surveys conducted by the Committee for Nutrition in the Colonial Empire (CNCE), sub-imperial networks of medical and teaching professionals, and individuals on-the-spot wove a dense web of ideas on nutrition. Women, especially of the working class, bore the brunt of the struggle to access nutritious food as a wave of interest in thenew science of nutrition swept the globe between the wars, with imperial Britain in the lead. The British state buoyed the economic slump of the Great Depression in the metropole by importing more colo | | 出版日期 | Book 2023 | | 关键词 | History of medicine; Food history; Britain; Empire; Women; History of science; Nutrition; Interwar Britain; | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23521-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-23523-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-23521-4Series ISSN 2947-7182 Series E-ISSN 2947-7190 | | issn_series | 2947-7182 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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