The Social Cost of Cheap Food (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
256
Utgivningsdatum
2019-09-26
Förlag
McGill-Queen's University Press
Illustrationer
11 tables
Dimensioner
231 x 157 x 23 mm
Vikt
363 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780773558991

The Social Cost of Cheap Food

Labour and the Political Economy of Food Distribution in Britain, 1830-1914

av Sebastien Rioux
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2019-09-26
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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 the country's economic success. Illustrating the pivotal importance of food distribution in Britain between 1830 and 1914, The Social Cost of Cheap Food argues that labour exploitation in the distribution system was the key to cheap food. Through an analysis of labour dynamics and institutional changes in the distributive sector, Sebastien Rioux demonstrates that economic development and the rising living standards of the working class were premised upon the growing insecurity and chronic poverty of street sellers, shop assistants, and small shopkeepers. Rioux reveals that food distribution, far from being a passive sphere of economic activity, provided a dynamic space for the reduction of food prices. Positing food distribution as a core element of social and economic development under capitalism, The Social Cost of Cheap Food reflects on the transformation of the labour market and its intricate connection to the history of food and society.
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    Social Cost of Cheap Food

    Sebastien Rioux

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"A welcome and important book, The Social Cost of Cheap Food highlights the significance of food distribution to the economic development of Victorian Britain and the enduring role played by retail markets, hawkers, and small shopkeepers in feeding the country's burgeoning population." Martin Purvis, University of Leeds

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Sebastien Rioux is assistant professor of geography and Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Food and Wellbeing at Universite de Montreal.

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