Power and Subsistence
The Political Economy of Grain in New France
1st Edition
Published on 30. November 2018
283 pages
978-0-7735-5598-3 (ISBN)
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A lively exploration of the nature of power in New France, as enacted within the grain economy.
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Persons
Dechêne Louise:
Louise Dechêne (1928-2000) was professor in the Department of History at McGill University and author of Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Montreal and Power and Subsistence: The Political Economy of Grain in New France. She is a recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award and twice winner of the Lionel-Groulx Prize.Feldstein Peter:
Peter Feldstein is a Montreal-based translator and interpreter and recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award for English translation.Louise Dechêne (1928-2000) was a professor in the Department of History at McGill University and author of Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Montreal. Peter Feldstein is a Montreal-based translator and interpreter and the laureate of the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for English translation.
Louise Dechêne (1928-2000) was professor in the Department of History at McGill University and author of Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Montreal and Power and Subsistence: The Political Economy of Grain in New France. She is a recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award and twice winner of the Lionel-Groulx Prize.Feldstein Peter:
Peter Feldstein is a Montreal-based translator and interpreter and recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award for English translation.Louise Dechêne (1928-2000) was a professor in the Department of History at McGill University and author of Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Montreal. Peter Feldstein is a Montreal-based translator and interpreter and the laureate of the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for English translation.
Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables
- Foreword to the English Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Grain Demand: An Overview
- 2 Local Grain Redistribution
- 3 Regulations
- 4 Grain Transportation to the City
- 5 The Grain Trade
- 6 Shortages and Controls, 1690-1744
- 7 The King's Granaries
- 8 Grain during Wartime
- 9 Public Unrest and Official Discourse
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Appendix A Note on Units of Measure
- Appendix B Transportation Costs for Wheat and Flour within the Colony
- Appendix C Annual Wheat Price Fluctuations in the Vicinity of Montreal, 1675-1759
- Appendix D Procurement of Grain, Peas, Flour, Biscuit, and Bread by the King's Stores, 1732-47
- Appendix E Years between 1702 and 1760 in which Canada Imported Flour and Approximate Volume of these Imports
- Appendix F Supply of Flour and Peas to the Île Royale and Martinique Garrisons by the Intendancy of Quebec, 1729-51 (in cwt)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
