Stocks, seasons and sales

Food supply, storage and markets in Europe and the New World, c. 1600-2000

Edited by Wouter Ronsijn Edited by Niccolo Mignemi Edited by Laurent Herment

Book cover: Stocks, seasons and sales

Extent: 224, 224 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Series: Comparative Rural History Network- Publications

Series volume number: 17

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2019)

ISBN: 9782503585093

Price: $100.00

In stock

This book presents ten case-studies by eminent scholars dealing with food supply, storage and markets from c. 1600 to c. 2000. Together they present a long-term history of the tools for regulating the rhythms and the seasonal patterns of the agricultural production. How were the vast flows of staple food needed for metropolitan areas organised? What practical difficulties had to be overcome to preserve this food safely? Did people respond to price patterns in search for profit? Were governments successful in imposing regulation? In dealing with these issues, the contributing authors adopt different approaches and investigate cases from England, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Mexico. The focus on the stocks and flows of grains and other foodstuffs raises new questions combining economic, social, political, and environmental issues in the study of agricultural markets and food policies.

  • Edited by Wouter Ronsijn
  • Edited by Niccolo Mignemi
  • Edited by Laurent Herment