The politics of provisions : food riots, moral economy, and market transition in England, c. 1550-1850 / / John Bohstedt
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| Autore: |
Bohstedt John <1943-, >
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| Titolo: |
The politics of provisions : food riots, moral economy, and market transition in England, c. 1550-1850 / / John Bohstedt
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.809420903 |
| Soggetto topico: | Food riots - England - History |
| Food prices - Moral and ethical aspects - England - History | |
| Social conflict - England - History | |
| Protest movements - England - History | |
| Note generali: | First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Lists of Figures, Tables and Maps; Acknowledgments; 1 'We'd Rather be Hanged than Starved!': The Politics of Provisions; 2 The Genesis of Provision Politics, 1580-1650; 3 The Recession of Provision Politics, 1650-1739: A Political Nation of Producers; 4 Bolting Mills and Marketplaces: The Formative Generation of Provision Politics, 1740-1775; 5 A Viable, but Doomed, Provision Politics, 1782-1812; 6 The Decadence of the Politics of Provisions, 1812-67; 7 Conclusions: Provision Politics from the Book of Orders to World War I |
| Bibliography of Works CitedIndex | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 'politics of provisions' - forceful negotiations over sustenance - has created surprising contests in world history, particularly in times of market transition. In England a 'politics of provisions' evolved in a dialogue between popular riots and paternalist subsistence policies from Tudor dearths to the Victorian embrace of free-market doctrines. Hence provision politics was a core ingredient of both state-formation and of the emergence of the first market economy and society in England. This book is the first full-scale critical revision of E.P. Thompson's seminal model of the 'moral eco |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The politics of provisions |
| ISBN: | 1-317-02019-7 |
| 1-317-02020-0 | |
| 1-315-55429-1 | |
| 1-282-74390-2 | |
| 9786612743900 | |
| 1-4094-0845-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817365203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
History of retailing and consumption.