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Produce and conserve, share and play square : the grocer and the consumer on the home-front battlefield during World War II

Title
Produce and conserve, share and play square : the grocer and the consumer on the home-front battlefield during World War II / edited by Barbara McLean Ward ; with contributions by Tracey E. Adkins [and others].
Publication
Portsmouth, N.H. : Strawbery Banke Museum ; Hanover [N.H.] : Distributed by University Press of New England, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Ward, Barbara McLean.
  • Strawbery Banke, Inc.
Description
240 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Alternative Title
  • Produce and conserve.
  • Produce & conserve, share & play square.
Subjects
Note
  • Issued in conjunction with the installation of a permanent exhibition of the local corner grocery store ca. 1944 at Strawbery Banke.
  • Title on cover: Produce & conserve, share & play square.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Foreword / Dennis A. O'Toole -- Introduction: Crossroads of a Neighborhood in Change, the Abbotts' "Little Corner Store" / Barbara McLean Ward -- Pt. I. The American Home Front / Harvard Sitkoff. Victory Begins at Home: Portsmouth and Puddle Dock during World War II / Gregory C. Colati and Ryan H. Madden. A Fair Share at a Fair Price: Rationing, Resource Management, and Price Controls during World War II / Barbara McLean Ward. The War in the Kitchen / Mary Drake McFeely. Suspended in Time: Mom-and-Pop Groceries, Chain Stores, and National Advertising during the World War II Interlude / Roland Marchand. From Corner Store to Convenience Mart: A Footnote / Gerald W. R. Ward -- Pt. II. Restocking the Shelves: Strawbery Banke Museum and the Restoration of the Abbotts' "Little Corner Store" / Karin E. Cullity. Preparing the Collection for Display / Rodney D. Rowland.
  • Selected Catalogue / Tracy E. Adkins, Gregory C. Colati, Karin E. Cullity, Sharon V. L. Mullen, Rodney D. Rowland, Carolyn Parsons Roy, Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward.
ISBN
0874516552
LCCN
93004304
OCLC
  • 28063596
  • ocm28063596
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries