'This book reveals how humanitarianism after 1918 was inspired as much by the desire to feed minds as hungry bodies. Middle-class youth is at the heart of an exciting history that binds the reconstruction of Europe with the battle to revive faith in the value of learning and international exchange.' Patricia Clavin, University of Oxford
Introduction; 1. 1919: rebuilding civilization; 2. Feeding bodies: food relief and 'the most deplorable victims of the war.'; 3. Feeding the mind: the post-war book crisis; 4. Knowledge displaced; 5. Books and buildings: the reconstruction of libraries after the first world war; 6. Who were the intellectuals?; Epilogue. Beyond 1933.
