| The Brandy Trade Under the Ancien Régime: Regional Specialisation in the Charente Contributor(s): Cullen, L. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521592488 ISBN-13: 9780521592482 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Business & Economics | Commerce - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 380.145 |
| LCCN: 97027258 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.35 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study of the brandy trade explores the origins, production and marketing of brandy from the Cognac region in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Professor Cullen shows that the brandy trade was based on a sophisticated regional economy, which, by 1720, had become a key component of French involvement in the modern international trading system. Notwithstanding competition from a surplus in other cereals and from foreign markets, regional specialization in the Charente was an indispensable element in ensuring the quality of stable output, and was recognized in the region's success in attracting foreign houses, such as Martell and Hennessy. |