The agro-food market : production, distribution and consumption / edited by Leen Van Molle and Yves Segers ; in association with John Chartres, Marc de Ferrière le Vayer, Pim Kooij, Michael Kopsidis, Bjørn Poulsen and Jean-Pierre Williot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Molle, Leen van, 1953- editor.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Series:

Rural economy and society in north-western Europe, 500-2000

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Europe--History.

Agriculture.

Food supply.

History.

Europe.

Food supply--Europe--History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2013]

Summary:

Agriculture and Alimentation have from early times, always been crucial elements in the development of market systems. Shortage and surplus gave shape to different forms of exchange and sale, to the dynamics of supply and demand, and to expanding interconnections between regions and social groups. Farmers learned to adapt their production to market conditions and to the shifting needs and tastes of a growing and demanding public. But the path from a self-supporting way of life to the present forms of market integration in the complex, global world was far from uniform and linear. Food production, market structures and market mechanisms changed over time and differed between regions and countries of the North Sea area. This volume aims at exploring and unravelling the complexity of the agro-food market, from the field to the table. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: the agro-food market around the North Sea, 500-2000 / Leen Van Molle Molle, Leen Van, Yves Segers Segers, Yves 1

2 Agricultural production, distribution and consumption around the North Sea, 500-1000 / Jean-Pierre Devroey Devroey, Jean-Pierre, Alexis Wilkin Wilkin, Alexis, Alban Gautier Gautier, Alban 13

British Isles

3 British Isles, 1000-1750 / John Chartres Chartres, John 69

4 British Isles, 1750-2000 / John Chartres Chartres, John 99

Northern France

5 Northern France, 1000-1750 / Florent Quellier Quellier, Florent 135

6 Northern France, 1750-2000 / Marc de Ferrière le Vayer Vayer, Marc de Ferrière le, Jean-Pierre Williot Williot, Jean-Pierre

The Low Countries

7 The Low Countries, 1000-1750 / Reinoud Vermoesen Vermoesen, Reinoud 199

8 The Low Countries, 1750-2000 / Yves Segers Segers, Yves, Leen Van Molle Molle, Leen Van, Pim Kooij Kooij, Pim, Jan Bieleman Bieleman, Jan 225

North-West Germany

9 North-west Germany, 1000-1750 / Michael Kopsidis Kopsidis, Michael, Klaus-Joachim Lorenzen-Schmidt Lorenzen-Schmidt, Klaus-Joachim 261

10 North-west Germany, 1750-2000 / Michael Kopsidis Kopsidis, Michael 293

Scandinavia

11 Scandinavia, 1000-1750 / Bjørn Poulsen Poulsen, Bjørn 331

12 Scandinavia, 1750-2000 / Søren Bitsch Christensen Christensen, Søren Bitsch, Hilde Sandvik Sandvik, Hilde, Mogens R. Nissen Nissen, Mogens R. 365

13 Conclusion: the dynamics of the agro-food chain in the North Sea Area, 500-2000 / Yves Segers Segers, Yves, Leen Van Molle Molle, Leen Van 403.

Notes:

Research report.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

9782503530482

2503530486

OCLC:

855995555

Publisher Number:

99954884366