The politics of provisions : food riots, moral economy, and market transition in England, c. 1550-1850 / John Bohstedt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bohstedt, John, 1943- author.

Series:

History of retailing and consumption.

The history of retailing and consumption

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food riots--England--History.

Food riots.

Food prices--Moral and ethical aspects--England--History.

Food prices.

Social conflict--England--History.

Social conflict.

Protest movements--England--History.

Protest movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-02019-7

1-317-02020-0

1-315-55429-1

1-282-74390-2

9786612743900

1-4094-0845-0

9781315554297

OCLC:

662258382