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Autore |
Unger Richard W |
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Titolo |
A history of brewing in Holland, 900-1900 : economy, technology, and the state / / by Richard W. Unger |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-46462-3 |
9786610464623 |
1-4175-3675-6 |
90-474-0079-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (451 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Beer - Netherlands - History |
Brewing |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-419) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Table of contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction - Holland and Beer; Chapter One - Brewing in the Early Middle Ages; Chapter Two - The Medieval Transformation; Chapter Three - The Scale of the Industry in its Golden Age, 1450-1650; Chapter Four - Technology, Raw Materials, and the Seasons of Brewing; Chapter Five - Taxes, Profits, and Women's Work; Chapter Six - Investment, Concentration, and Protection; Chapter Seven - Guilds before 1620; Chapter Eight - The Data of Decline, 1600-1800 |
Chapter Nine - Explanations for Decline, 1650-1800Chapter Ten - Strategies for Defense, 1620-1800: Guilds and Cost Control; Chapter Eleven - Strategies for Defense: Taxes, Governments and Technical Stagnation; Chapter Twelve - Renewal and Revival, 1800-1900; Epilogue - Beer in Holland; Appendix One - Making Beer; Appendix Two - Measures; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title offers a comprehensive history of brewing in Holland from the beginnings of large scale production at the end of the first millennium through medieval expansion, the boom of the Renaissance, and the disastrous decline of the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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