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Today sardines are not for sale : a street protest in occupied Paris /

Today Sardines Are Not For Sale is a microhistory of a single, emblematic event, the demonstration on the rue de Buci, a food protest that took place on May 31, 1942 at a central market area in occupied Paris. It was a time of dire food scarcity, escalating tensions between shoppers and merchants, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Paula L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Parti communiste français.
Paris (France) > History > 1940-1944.
Demonstrations > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Housewives > Political activity > France > Paris.
World War, 1939-1945 > Food supply > France > Paris.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Paris.
Collective memory > France > Paris.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
Table of Contents:
  • The event
  • Hunger and scarcity
  • Protesting women, partisan men
  • Acts of war
  • The teacher and the truant
  • The economy of memory
  • From sardines to smoked salmon.