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The bakers of Paris and the bread question, 1700-1775 /

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 Questio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaplan, Steven L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.
Colección:E-Duke books scholarly collection.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.