Book contents
- Marché Noir
- Marché Noir
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Terms
- 1 The Black Market in Wartime France
- 2 L’économie de misère
- 3 Curing the Thermometer: Price Controls and the Black Market
- 4 La terre, elle, ne ment pas: Agriculture and the Black Market
- 5 Market Forces: Industry and Commerce
- 6 Consumers in a World of Scarce Goods
- 7 Illegality Normalized
- 8 Liberating Markets and Consumers
- 9 Justice for les profiteurs de la misère publique
- 10 Black Markets in Wartime
- Select Bibliography
- Index
4 - La terre, elle, ne ment pas: Agriculture and the Black Market
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 March 2023
Book contents
- Marché Noir
- Marché Noir
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Terms
- 1 The Black Market in Wartime France
- 2 L’économie de misère
- 3 Curing the Thermometer: Price Controls and the Black Market
- 4 La terre, elle, ne ment pas: Agriculture and the Black Market
- 5 Market Forces: Industry and Commerce
- 6 Consumers in a World of Scarce Goods
- 7 Illegality Normalized
- 8 Liberating Markets and Consumers
- 9 Justice for les profiteurs de la misère publique
- 10 Black Markets in Wartime
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Agricultural policy should have been a primary focus for the Vichy regime, to restore the values of working the land as promoted by their propaganda, and to feed French citizens. This chapter explains Vichy agricultural policies, the alienation of French producers, and it details the economic and individualist rationales for farmers to sell to and rely on the black market, with three product case studies for black- market behaviours and logic: butter, meat, and wine.
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- Marché NoirThe Economy of Survival in Second World War France, pp. 67 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023