Feeding the City: From Street Market to Liberal Reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780–1860

Contents

List of Tables ix List of Maps and Illustrations x A Note on Currency, Measures, and Spelling xi Preface xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The City on a Bay 9 part i. Getting and Selling Food 31 Chapter 2. From Streets and Doorways 33 Chapter 3. Connections 54 Chapter 4. “People of the Sea” 74 Chapter 5. The Grains Market 92 Chapter 6. The Cattle and Meat Trade 107 Chapter 7. Contention 121 part ii. Changed Rules: Reform and Resistance 135 Chapter 8. “The True Enemy Is Hunger”: The Siege of Salvador 137 Chapter 9. A Tremor in the Social Order 156 Chapter 10. Meat, Manioc, and Adam Smith 172 Chapter 11. “The People Do Not Live by Theories” 191 Conclusion 209 Appendix A. Purchasing Power over Time in Salvador 213 Appendix B. Volume of Foodstuff Handled at the Grains Market, 1785–1849 (in alqueires) 221 Contents Graham-final.indb vii Graham-final.indb vii 6/30/10 10:31:37 AM 6/30/10 10:31:37 AM viii feeding the city Notes 225 Sources 295 Credits for Maps and Illustrations 317 Index 319 Graham-final.indb viii Graham-final.indb viii 6/30/10 10:31:37 AM 6/30/10 10:31:37 AM ...