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Synopsis

During the second half of the nineteenth 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" for a fast-growing world population.

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À propos de l'auteur

Marco Bertilorenzi is Associate Professor in economic and business history at University of Padova, Italy. He was part of the Rita Levi-Montalcini excellence program of the Italian Ministry of Research and University. With Routledge, he has already published a research monograph titled The International Aluminium Cartel.

Carlo Fumian is Emeritus Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Padova, Italy. He recently published Pane quotidiano. L'invisibile mercato mondiale del grano tra XIX e XX secolo. He is the PI of the "Project of Excellence" (Cariparo Foundation, Italy), from which this book resulted.

Giovanni Gozzini is Full Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Siena, Department of Social, Political, and Cognitive Sciences. His last published volume is Ecologia del denaro. Finanza e società nel mondo contemporaneo (Laterza 2024).

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