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Feeding the City : From Street Market to Liberal Reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780-1860.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292784680
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Feeding the CityDDC classification:
  • 381/.41098142
LOC classification:
  • HD9014
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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