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Alida Clemente Editor

Alida Clemente is Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Economic History at the University of Foggia. She has published on urban and regional economic history of the Mediterranean between the 17th and the 19th centuries, with special regard to fisheries, luxury consumption, and famines.

Dag Lindström is Professor of History at Uppsala University. He has published on urban social and cultural history, history of crime, craft guilds, leisure culture and unmarried adults.

Jon Stobart is Professor of history at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has published on a range of topics with retailing and consumption during the 18th century, including second-hand trade, groceries, shopping practices and the supply and material culture of the country house.