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Livsmedelsprotesterna i Malmö 1799

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Summary, in English

This is at study of a food riot that took place in the southern Swedish city of Malmö in 1799. It demonstrates that E P Thompon’s influential concept of a “moral economy” still is a quite productive analytical tool. Focusing on the relation between the crowd and the authorities, the essay demonstrates that a moral economy was partly shared by the two groups, but clashed with the new ideology of free trade in grains. Authorities combined a strategy of negotiations and concessions with brutal repression.

Department/s

Publishing year

2014

Language

Swedish

Pages

8-12

Publication/Series

Arbetarhistoria: meddelande från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek

Issue

1-2 (149-150)

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek

Topic

  • History

Keywords

  • food riot
  • moral economy
  • Malmö

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0281-7446