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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PART I. THE HISTORY OF THE GRAIN TRADE IN FRANCE -- CHAPTER I. MARKETS AND MARKET ORGANIZATION -- CHAPTER II. THE HISTORY OF THE PARISIAN MARKETS -- CHAPTER III. THE CHAMBRE D'ABONDANCE AT LYONS AND THE WHOLESALE MERCHANTS -- CHAPTER IV. LYONESE MERCHANTS AND DEARTH IN THE PRODUCING REGIONS -- CHAPTER V. AREAS OF HIGHLY LOCALIZED MARKETS AND EXTREMES OF MISERY -- PART II. -- CHAPTER I. ROYAL REGULATION OR THE GRAIN TRADE 1500-1660 -- CHAPTER II. LOCAL REGULATION OF THE GRAIN TRADE. 1500-1660 -- CHAPTER III. COLBERT'S PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF THE GRAIN TRADE -- CHAPTER IV. REGULATION OF THE DOMESTIC GRAIN TRADE, 1683-1709 -- CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX I. FRENCH D R Y MEASURES OF THE OLD RÉGIME -- APPENDIX II. GLOSSARY OF ADMINISTRATIVE TERMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX