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Feeding the Victorian city: the food supply of Manchester, 1770-1870 / Roger Scola; edited by W.A. Armstrong and Pauline Scola
by Scola, Roger (1943-1988)
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- ISBN 13
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Manchester; New York New York, NY, USA: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xx, 347 pages, 13 pages of plates: illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm. Summary: This history of how Manchester provisioned its population between 1770 and 1870, draws upon demographic factors, economic patterns, the role of supply routes, types of food (perishable and non-perishable), markets and traders, means of payment and diet, health and mortality to paint its picture. Subjects: Food supply -- England -- Manchester -- History.Food industry and trade -- England -- Manchester -- History. Food industry and trade -- History. Food Supply -- history. Food industry and trade.
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- Title
- Feeding the Victorian city: the food supply of Manchester, 1770-1870 / Roger Scola; edited by W.A. Armstrong and Pauline Scola
- Author
- Scola, Roger (1943-1988)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0719030889
- ISBN 13
- 9780719030888
- Publisher
- Manchester; New York New York, NY, USA: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin
- Place of Publication
- Manchester And New York
- Date Published
- 1991
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