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Creating wine : the emergence of a world industry, 1840-1914
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Creating wine : the emergence of a world industry, 1840-1914
AUTHOR:
Simpson, James, 1953-
ISBN:
9780691136035
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Princeton [etc.] : Princeton University Press, 2011
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxxvii, 318 p. ; 24 cm
SERIES:
The Princeton economic history of the Western world
SERIES_TITLE:
The Princeton economic history of the Western world
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
Pt. I. Technological and organizational change in Europe, 1840-1914. European wine on the eve of the railways -- Phylloxera and the development of scientific viti-viniculture -- Surviving success in the Midi : growers, merchants, and the state -- pt. II. The causes of export failure. Selling to reluctant drinkers : the British market and the international wine trade -- pt. III. Institutional innovation : regional appellations. Bordeaux -- Champagne -- Port -- From sherry to Spanish white -- pt. IV. The great divergence : the growth of industrial wine production in the New World. Big business and American wine : the California Wine Association -- Australia : the tyranny of distance and domestic beer drinkers -- Argentina : New World producers and Old World consumers -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Vineyards and wineries -- Appendix 2. Wine prices.
SUBJECT:
Wine industry -- Europe -- History
Wine industry -- History
Wine and wine making -- Europe -- History
Wine industry -- California -- History
Wine industry -- Australia -- History
Wine industry -- Argentina -- History