Grain markets in Europe, 1500-1900 : integration and deregulation /

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"Karl Gunnar Persson surveys a broad sweep of economic history, examining one of the most crucial markets - grain. His analysis allows him to draw more general lessons - for example, that liberalisation of markets was linked to political authoritarianism. Grain Markets in Europe, 1500-1900 trac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Persson, Karl Gunnar, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1999.
Series:Cambridge studies in modern economic history ; 7.
Subjects:
Grain trade > Europe.
Grain trade > Government policy > Europe.
Grain trade > Deregulation > Europe.
Grain > Europe > Commercial policy.
Céréales > Commerce > Europe.
Céréales > Europe > Politique commerciale.
Céréales > Commerce > Déréglementation > Europe.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
Grain trade
Grain trade > Deregulation
Grain trade > Government policy
Getreidehandel
Getreidemarkt
Graanhandel.
Europe
Europa
Trigo > Comercio > Europa > Siglos XVI-XIX
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Bread and Enlightenment: the quest for price stability and free trade in eighteenth-century Europe
  • 2. Markets, mortality and human capabilities
  • 3. Harvest fluctuations, storage and grain-price responses
  • 4. Market failures and the regulation of grain markets: a new interpretation
  • 5. Market integration and the stabilisation of grain prices in Europe, 1500-1900
  • 6. Authoritarian liberalism and the decline of grain market regulation in Europe, 1760-1860.

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