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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458695903321

Autore

Graham Richard <1934->

Titolo

Feeding the city [[electronic resource] ] : from street market to liberal reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780-1860 / / Richard Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, c2010

ISBN

0-292-78468-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

Disciplina

381/.41098142

Soggetti

Produce trade - Brazil - Salvador - History

Food supply - Government policy - Brazil - Salvador

Electronic books.

Salvador (Brazil) Government policy

Salvador (Brazil) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The city on a bay -- From streets and doorways -- Connections -- "People of the sea" -- The grains market -- The cattle and meat trade -- Contention -- "The true enemy is hunger" : the siege of Salvador -- A tremor in the social order -- Meat, manioc, and Adam Smith -- "The people do not live by theories".