The bakers of Paris and the bread question, 1700-1775 / by Steven Laurence Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Steven L.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bread industry--France--Paris Region--History--18th century.

Bread industry.

Bakeries--France--Paris Region--History--18th century.

Bakeries.

Food supply--France--Paris Region--History--18th century.

Food supply.

Bread--Prices--France--Paris Region--History--18th century.

Bread.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (784 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In preindustrial Europe, dependence on grain shaped every phase of life from economic development to spiritual expression, and the problem of subsistence dominated the everyday order of things in a merciless and unremitting way. Steven Laurence Kaplan's The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 focuses on the production and distribution of France's most important commodity in the sprawling urban center of eighteenth-century Paris where provisioning needs were most acutely felt and most difficult to satisfy. Kaplan shows how the relentless demand for bread constructed th

Contents:

Introduction

I Bread: Demand and Supply

1. Breadways

2. Bread Making

3. Baker Shops and Bread Markets

4. The Forain World

5. Bread on Credit

II Bakers: Social Structure and Life Cycle

6. The Guild

7. From Apprentice to Journeyman

8. At Work

9. The Journeyman's World outside the Shop

10. Establishment

11. Marriage Strategies and Family Life

12. Fortune

13. Bakers as Debtors

14. Failure

15. Reputation

III Police of Bread and Bakers

16. Primer to Policing: Figuring Supply and Consumption

17. The Police of Bakers

18. Setting the Price of Bread

19. Policing the Price of Bread, 1725-1780

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [717]-744) and index.

ISBN:

9786613062475

9781283062473

128306247X

9780822381983

0822381982

OCLC:

213455234