Preface to the Third Edition Part One, 1815-50 1 England in Transition 2 The Agricultural Labourer 3 The Town Worker 4 The Food of the Rich 5 Food Adulteration Part Two, 1850-1914 6 Feeding the Nation 7 Rural England: Romance and Reality 8 Urban England: Poverty and Progress 9 High Living 10 The Quality of Food Part Three, 1914 to the Present Day 11 The First World War 12 Between the Wars 13 The Second World War 14 Want and Plenty, 1945-85 Select Bibliography Index
Professor John Burnett
`Gives a most moving and absorbing picture of the standards of
living of Disraeli's two nations, the rich and the poor.' - The
Observer
`As a sharp mixture of pleasure and horror Dr Burnett's book takes
some beating.' - The Guardian
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