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Persson Karl Gunnar <1943-> |
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Grain markets in Europe, 1500-1900 : integration and deregulation / / Karl Gunnar Persson [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-11702-X |
1-280-16199-X |
0-511-11758-2 |
0-511-04045-8 |
0-511-14985-9 |
0-511-30988-0 |
0-511-49682-6 |
0-511-05221-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xx, 173 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in modern economic history ; ; 7 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grain trade - Europe |
Grain trade - Government policy - Europe |
Grain trade - Deregulation - Europe |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-169) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Bread and Enlightenment: the quest for price stability and free trade in eighteenth-century Europe -- 2. Markets, mortality and human capabilities -- 3. Harvest fluctuations, storage and grain-price responses -- 4. Market failures and the regulation of grain markets: a new interpretation -- 5. Market integration and the stabilisation of grain prices in Europe, 1500-1900 -- 6. Authoritarian liberalism and the decline of grain market regulation in Europe, 1760-1860. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this 1999 book, Karl Gunnar Persson surveys a broad sweep of economic history, examining one of the most crucial markets - grain. His analysis allows him to draw more general lessons, for example that liberalization of markets was linked to political authoritarianism. Grain Markets in Europe traces the markets' early regulation, their poor performance and the frequent market failures. Price volatility caused by |
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