The Social Cost of Cheap Food: Labour and the Political Economy of Food Distribution in Britain, 1830–1914 0773559000, 9780773559004

Table of contents :
Cover
THE SOCIAL COST OF CHEAP FOOD
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Tables
Acknowledgments
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

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