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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-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: The politics of provisions : food riots, moral economy, and market transition in England, c. 1550-1850 / / John Bohstedt Visualizza cluster
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
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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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910785033003321
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Serie: History of retailing and consumption.