A History of the Global Wheat Trade : Actors and Dynamics (1840-1914)

• Other Authors: Bertilorenzi, Marco (Editor), Fumian, Carlo (Editor), Gozzini, Giovanni, 1955- (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Routledge, 2025.
• Series: Routledge explorations in economic history.
• Subjects: Wheat trade > History.; wheat trade;globalization;grain traders;commodity;merchants; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781032642369; 103264236X; 9781040351956; 1040351956; 9781040351970; 1040351972; 9781032642291
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations.

During the second half of the 19th century, a new global market for wheat came to the fore. Ever since, scarce and perishable food has been transformed into a modern global commodity, millions of tons of which is sold, bought, and transported across the oceans, providing the "daily bread"...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. Actors, places, and exchanges of the global wheat market 1. Grain merchants and famines in late Renaissance. Giovanni Maria Mersi, Tommaso Barana and the provisioning of Padua and Vicenza (1572-1616). 2. Grain Traders and the Wheat Trade in 16th and 17th century Genoa 3. Agriculture and the market: the producers' perspective (Italy, 18th cent.) 4. The Great Transition? Victualling Systems and Grain Markets in the Italian Peninsula between the 18th and 19th Centuries 5. The new "American Wheat System", Frank H. Peavey, and the "Great Western Game" 6. Finance and production in the Chicago wheat market, 1859-1914. 7. Competition among wheat exchanges. New York, Paris, London, and the global development of futures trading (1870s-1914) 8. Odessa and its wheat trade in the long 19th century, 1794-1905 9. Danzig grain trade. Economic dynamics, organisational structures and cultural challenges (1816-1914) 10. Genoa in the global wheat trade 11. Black Sea grain trade, Greek entrepreneurial networks and integration to the global economy, 19th century 12. Australia in the global wheat trade 13. The Rise and Fall of Indian Wheat in International Trade 14. Bunge & Born. The rise of a global wheat trader, 1880-1914. 15. From local to global pioneers, the Louis-Dreyfus family 16. Italy. A fringe market in a global context Index