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Bread and justice in Qajar Iran: the moral economy, the free market and the hungry poor
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In 1971, E. P. Thompson published a seminal article on eighteenth century English bread riots which was to become a foundational text for the study of such protests. Challenging older elite notions of the irrationality, illegitimacy and even criminality of the ‘mob’, Thompson situated popular direct action in times of food crises within a very specific historical, economic and, most importantly, cultural context. This context produced a deeply held adhesion among the poor to the concept of a ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 542.6KB, Terms of use)
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- 10.1080/00263206.2018.1472081
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- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Journal:
- Middle Eastern Studies More from this journal
- Volume:
- 54
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 843-877
- Publication date:
- 2018-06-07
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-02-22
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1743-7881
- ISSN:
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0026-3206
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- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Taylor and Francis at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2018.1472081
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