John Bohstedt: 1 book
The Politics of Provisions
Food Riots, Moral Economy, and Market Transition in England, c. 1550–1850
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
The elemental power of food politics has not been fully appraised. Food marketing and consumption were matters of politics as much as economics as England became a market society. In times of dearth, concatenations of food riots, repression, and relief created a maturing politics of provisions. Over...
