Kenneth Moure (University of Alberta)

Marché Noir

The Economy of Survival in Second World War France

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Marchà Noir explains how and why black markets in France became essential to ordinary consumers and to businesses to survive scarcity and German exploitation. Drawing on archival evidence and diverse records of personal experience, Kenneth Mourà explains the black market's critical role in everyday life in Vichy France.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781009207669
• ISBN-10: 1009207660
• Artikelnr.: 65690167

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Mouré is Professor of History at the University of Alberta, and has taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He specializes in twentieth century French history, with particular interest in the policy responses to economic crises. His published works include Managing the Franc Poincaré (1991) and The Gold Standard Illusion (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The black market in wartime France
2. L'économie de misère
3. Curing the thermometer: price controls and the black market
4. La terre, elle, ne ment pas: agriculture and the black market
5. Market forces: industry and commerce
6. Consumers in a world of scarce goods
7. Illegality normalized
8. Liberating markets and consumers
9. Justice for les profiteurs de la misère publique
10. Black markets in wartime.