Maize to the People! Cultivation, Consumption and Trade in the North-Eastern Mediterranean (Sixteenth-Nineteenth Century)

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Mocarelli, Luca, and Aleksander Panjek. Eds. 2020. Maize to the People! Cultivation, Consumption and Trade in the North-Eastern Mediterranean (Sixteenth-Nineteenth Century). Koper: University of Primorska Press Colophone Contents Luca Mocarelli ▪︎ Maize in the north-eastern Mediterranean: new insights and researches Literature Giulio Ongaro ▪︎ Maize diffusion in the Republic of Venice: the case of the Province of Vicenza (sixteenth-eighteenth century) Maize in the Republic of Venice and in the Province of Vicenza: a state of the art Before maize: food consumption and characteristics of the Province of Vicenza in the sixteenth century Maize in the countryside of Vicenza Maize in the Province of Vicenza: self-consumption or market? A hypothesis. Conclusions Bibliography Archival sources Literature Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro ▪︎ Maize in Umbria (central Italy). Market, prices and farms between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Introduction Maize in Umbria’s markets and farms Maize prices in Umbria (1700-1861) Maize cultivation on large agricultural estates Conclusions Bibliography Archival sources Literature Alessio Fornasin ▪︎ Innovations in agriculture and population growth in Friuli (north-eastern Italy, seventeenth century) Introduction The spread of maize in northern and central Italy Context and sources Maize in Friuli in the mid-seventeenth century Maize and population growth Discussion Conclusion Bibliography Aleksander Panjek ▪︎ Tracing maize in the Slovenian regions, sixteenth-eighteenth century. An interpretive historiographical essay Introduction Surrounded by early mentions of maize in the eastern Alpine-Adriatic area The first half of the seventeenth century: clear traces in the east, much less so in the west The second half of the seventeenth century: diffusion pattern on a local basis, seemingly more in the east The first half of the eighteenth century: a seemingly sudden booming The second half of the eighteenth century: the final conquest of ordinary people’s dishes Maize trade in the eighteenth century: import, provenience and trade centres Interpretive conclusions and hypotheses: chronology and trajectories of diffusion Interpretive conclusions: the factors of maize diffusion Bibliography Literature Web sources Werner Drobesch ▪︎ Innovation in the south-eastern Alps: maize as a crop in Carinthia until the middle of nineteenth century Introduction Observations and reflections by maize expert Johann Burger Every beginning is hard Maize becomes an integral part of agriculture and food Conclusion: industrialization and population growth as accelerators of the spread of maize Bibliography Archival sources Published sources Literature Žarko Lazarević ▪︎ Buckwheat or maize? Ultimately, potatoes! The Slovenian experience with maize in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Introduction Between tradition and modernity: buckwheat or maize? The quiet advance of maize The prevalence of maize in Serbia The interwar period Ultimately, potatoes! Maize in the everyday diet during the interwar period Conclusion Bibliography Published sources Literature Web sources List of contributors Luca Mocarelli Giulio Ongaro Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro Alessio Fornasin Aleksander Panjek Werner Drobesch Žarko Lazarević