TY - BOOK ID - 353022 TI - The politics of provisions : food riots, moral economy, and market transition in England, c. 1550-1850 PY - 2010 SN - 9780754665816 9781409408451 075466581X 1409408450 1317020197 1317020200 1315554291 1282743902 9786612743900 9781315554297 9781317020189 9781317020196 9781138257696 PB - Farnham Ashgate DB - UniCat KW - History of the United Kingdom and Ireland KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - Food riots KW - Food prices KW - Social conflict KW - Protest movements KW - Emeutes de la faim KW - Aliments KW - Lutte des classes KW - Contestation KW - History KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - History. KW - Histoire KW - Prix KW - Aspect moral KW - Food prices -- Moral and ethical aspects -- England -- History. KW - Food riots -- England -- History. KW - Protest movements -- England -- History. KW - Social conflict -- England -- History. KW - Business & Economics KW - Social Welfare & Social Work KW - Social Sciences KW - Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency KW - Economic History KW - Social movements KW - Class conflict KW - Class struggle KW - Conflict, Social KW - Social tensions KW - Interpersonal conflict KW - Social psychology KW - Sociology KW - Food KW - Agricultural prices KW - Food industry and trade KW - Bread riots KW - Riots KW - Prices UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:353022 AB - The 'politics of provisions' - forceful negotiations over sustenance - has created surprising contests in world history, particularly in times of market transition. In England a 'politics of provisions' evolved in a dialogue between popular riots and paternalist subsistence policies from Tudor dearths to the Victorian embrace of free-market doctrines. Hence provision politics was a core ingredient of both state-formation and of the emergence of the first market economy and society in England. This book is the first full-scale critical revision of E.P. Thompson's seminal model of the 'moral eco ER -