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The social cost of cheap food : labour and the political economy of food distribution in Britain, 1830-1914 /
"The distribution of food played a considerable yet largely unrecognized role in the economic history of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. In the midst of rapid urbanization and industrialization, retail competition intensified and the channels by which food made it to the market became vital to...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2019.
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Table des matières:
- Introduction; 1. From National to World Food Production; 2. Public Markets; 3. Street Sellers; 4. A Nation of Shopkeepers; 5. Large-Scale Retailers; Conclusion; Appendix: Money, Weights, and Measures; Notes; Bibliography; Index.