{"title":"John Bohstedt","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Bohstedt’s works delve into the complex interplay between social forces and economic pressures in historical contexts. Readers can expect insightful analyses that reveal how labour struggles and political movements shaped provisions and public policy during pivotal moments in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted firmly in \u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/em\u003e, Bohstedt’s writing offers a nuanced exploration of the ways communities negotiate power and survival. His engaging approach makes challenging subjects accessible to those interested in the social dynamics behind historical events.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-politics-of-provisions-by-john-bohstedt-9780754665816","title":"The Politics of Provisions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe elemental power of food politics has not been fully appraised. Food marketing and consumption were matters of politics as much as economics as England became a market society. In times of dearth, concatenations of food riots, repression, and relief created a maturing politics of provisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver three centuries, some eight hundred riots crackled in waves across England. Crowds seized wagons, attacked mills and granaries, and lowered prices in marketplaces or farmyards. Sometimes rioters parleyed with magistrates. More often both acted out a well-rehearsed political minuet that evolved from Tudor risings and state policies down to a complex culmination during the Napoleonic Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Provisions\u003c\/em\u003e thus comprised both customary negotiations over scarcity and hunger, and 'negotiations' of the social vessel through the turbulence of dearth. Occasionally troops killed rioters, or judges condemned them to the gallows, but increasingly riots prompted wealthy citizens to procure relief supplies. In short, food riots worked: in a sense they were a first draft of the welfare state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering analysis connects a generation of social protest studies spawned by E.P. Thompson's essay on the 'moral economy' with new work on economic history and state formation. The dynamics of provision politics that emerged during England's social, economic, and political transformations should furnish fruitful models for analyses of 'total war' and famine as well as broader transitions elsewhere in world history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608128012524,"sku":"9780754665816","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780754665816-the-politics-of-provisions.jpg?v=1778184715"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/john-bohstedt.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}