The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775

"A landmark in eighteenth-century historiography. The verve and clarity of Kaplan's writing are marvelous. The completeness of the project is admirable; every kind of archival material that might have shed light on the subject has been systematically scoured."--William M. Reddy, Duke University

List of contents

List of Illustrations ix

List of Tables xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

I. Bread: Demand and Supply 21

1. Breadways 23

2. Bread Making 61

3. Baker Shops and Bread Markets 81

4. The Forain World 116

5. Bread on Credit 137

II. Bakers: Social Structure and Life Cycle 153

6. The Guild 155

7. From Apprentice to Journeyman 192

8. At Work 227

9. The Journeyman's World Outside the Shop 250

10. Establishment 271

11. Marriage Strategies and Family Life 302

12. Fortune 337

13. Bakers as Debtors 377

14. Failure 400

15. Reputation 423

III. Police of Bread and Bakers 437

16. Primer to Policing: Figuring Supply and Consumption 439

17. The Police of Bakers 458

18. Setting the Price of Bread 493

19. Policing the Price of Bread, 1725-1780 521

Conclusion 567

Appendixes 581

Notes 591

Bibliography 717

Index 745

About the author

Steven Laurence Kaplan is Goldwin Smith Professor of European History at Cornell University.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Laurence Kaplan, Steven Laurencekaplan
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.1996
• EAN: 9780822317067
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1706-7
• No. of pages: 784
• Dimensions: 246 mm x 170 mm x 55 mm
• Weight: 1256 g
• Illustrations: 21 illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Lebensmittelchemie, Frankreich, HISTORY / Europe / France, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science, History - General History