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    La administración de la escasez. El mercado de harinas en Buenos Aires y otros puntos del Río de la Plata entre mediados del Siglo XVIII y comienzos del XIX.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones., 2024) Pelozatto Reilly, Mauro Luis
    This article seeks to offer a descriptive analysis of the interventions of the Cabildo and other authorities in Buenos Aires, around the shortage of flour. We understand the latter as fundamental, due to their direct relationship with agricultural production and with the preparation and consumption of bread. In order to comply with what has been stated, we based ourselves fundamentally on the analysis of proceedings and other official records on the treatment of the lack of grains and their derivates. To identify similarities and differences at the regional level, we include examples from other towns and cities. The period studied is crossed by the demographic and economic growth of the city and its countryside, the greater demand of food, political and institutional reforms. We start from the hypothesis that the shortage was associated with bad crops, commercial excesses, speculation and fraud by bakers and millers, who concentrated a much of the supply.