Ill fares the Land? The concept of national food self sufficiency in political discourse 1880-1939.

After the repeal of the Corn Laws ended the policy of protectionism which had enabled Britain to feed herself from within her own resources, free trade resulted in domestic food production constituting only 30% of the British diet. This study looks at the political discourse from 1880 to 1939 wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hargreaves, David William
Other Authors: Sheeran, George
Language:en
Published: University of Bradford 2013
Subjects:
NFU
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5720