Cultural Trends In Ww2 Essay

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Cultural Blending in World War One & World War Two through Cuisine

Katie Miller
Venture High School
May 17, 2016

Before World Wars countries are different, they have more resources than they do during the war. The reasoning behind that is during war when countries are against each other their supplies get cut off and they don’t have what they normally have. During the war we they have these struggles of learning how to adjust their way of doing things can sometimes be challenging. Learning to adapt to these changes at first seem really hard but in the end it is what makes up a country 's culture and history. They had to change daily routine and help other community members adjust to change.
While in war sometimes
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I’ve looked through the ingredients and looked at where they have come from.

Cwiertka, Katarzyna Joanna. Modern Japanese Cuisine: Food, Power and National Identity. London: Reaktion, 2006. This book helped know more about Japanese cuisine.

"Flags of Japan and Germany Overprinted the Two Hands." Getty Images. Accessed May 03, 2016. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/handshake-between-japan-and-germany-royalty-free-image/504599899. This picture helps me visually explain the relationship/Cultural blending between Japan and Germany.

"Japan and Germany: Worlds Apart and Yet so Similar | The Japan Times." Japan Times RSS. Accessed May 03, 2016. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2007/06/10/books/book-reviews/japan-and-germany-worlds-apart-and-yet-so-similar/#.Vt8i2vkrLIU. This helps me understand the cultural in the country.

"The Faithful Pursuit of Authentic, Delicious Flavors." RSS. Accessed May 03, 2016. http://www.juchheim.co.jp/english/history/#. This website helped me understand in a timeline from what happened
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This website is helping me understand the food culture in Japan.

Walker, Harlan. Cooks & Other People: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 1995. Totnes, England: Prospect Books, 1996. Accessed May 16, 2016.
This book was really great helping me learn more about Japan and specifically the Akabori school.

"World War II: In Depth." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2016. Accessed May 03, 2016. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007314. History about Japan and Germany during the World war 2. Talked about how they came closer as countries.

Hayashi, Yuka. "Cake in Japan." The Wall Street Journal. Accessed May 03, 2016. http://online.wsj.com/ww1/cake-in-japan. Talked about Karl and how he was imprisoned at the camp. This website was the idea behind my topic I choose.

Rotating Spit making Baumkuchen. Digital image. Largest Cake. Accessed May 3, 2016. https://www.google.com/search?as_st=y&tbm=isch&hl=en&as_q=Rotating spit

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