Feeding the City : From Street Market to Liberal Reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780-1860.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (353 pages)
- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture Series .
- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- A Note on Currency, Measures, and Spelling -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The City on a Bay -- PART I. Getting and Selling Food -- Chapter Two. From Streets and Doorways -- Chapter Three. Connections -- Chapter Four. "People of the Sea -- Chapter Five. The Grains Market -- Chapter Six. The Cattle and Meat Trade -- Chapter Seven. Contention -- PART II. Changed Rules: Reform and Resistance -- Chapter Eight. "The True Enemy Is Hunger": The Siege of Salvador -- Chapter Nine. A Tremor in the Social Order -- Chapter Ten. Meat, Manioc, and Adam Smith -- Chapter Eleven. "The People Do Not Live by Theories -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Purchasing Power over Time in Salvador -- Appendix B. Volume of Foodstuff Handled at the Grains Market, 1785-1849 -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Appendix A -- Sources -- Credits for Maps and Illustrations -- Index.
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Produce trade-Brazil-Salvador-History. Food supply-Government policy-Brazil-Salvador. Salvador (Brazil)-Government policy. Salvador (Brazil)-Social conditions.