Year of sorrows : the great famine of 1709 in Lyon / W. Gregory Monahan
1993, First Edition. Columbus : Ohio State University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #405118
ISBN: 0814206085
Physical description: x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239) and index. Contents: The structures of order -- An ungrateful province -- Time of troubles -- 1708: the rehearsal -- The Day of Kings -- Crisis of collision -- Crisis of delay -- The dying time -- The accounting -- In perspective. Subjects: 1700-1799; 18th century; Famines France Lyon History 18th century; Food supply France Lyon History 18th century; Food Supply history; Mortality statistics & numerical data; Lyon Economic conditions; Lyon Social conditions; Lyon (France).
Price: €60.00