Society
Rationing
Government control of the sale of scarce goods, above all food. Britain, at first reluctant to control food markets, introduced compulsory rationing in stages between December 1917 and February 1918 as its wheat supplies fell, and ration books for butter, margarine, lard, meat and sugar followed in July 1918.
Mentioned in
- Chapter XII The Home Fronts Overview§4 Food, Rationing and Hunger
- Chapter XIII A World on Fire §8 The Economic World War