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The second part of this study is devoted to salt and the state, specifically to six salt administrations which have played a significant role in the lives of major states. From production, distribution and consumption, the analysis turns to monopolies, limited or extended, direct or indirect; to fiscality, welfare and diplomacy; to what the state did in the salt administration and what the salt administration did in the state. We begin with some delineation of what is meant by a salt administration and an account of the categories we propose to use in the analysis of examples which follows.
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Adshead, S.A.M. (1992). The Venetian Salt Administration. In: Salt and Civilization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21841-7_7
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