Six Thousand Years of Bread : Its Holy and Unholy History

• Autore: Jacob H. E
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : Hauraki Publishing, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (429 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Bread - History; Bread - Social aspects
• Altri autori: WinstonRichard and Clara
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- LINE-CUT ILLUSTRATIONS -- PROLOGUE -- BOOK ONE-The Bread of Prehistoric Man -- THE RIDDLE OF THE ANTS -- THE INVENTION OF THE PLOW -- THE RIVALRY OF THE GRASSES -- BOOK TWO-Bread in the Ancient World -- EGYPT: THE DISCOVERY OF BAKING -- ISRAEL: IN THE SWEAT OF THY FACE -- GREECE: THE PASSION OF THE SEED CORN -- GREECE: THE BREAD CHURCH OF ELEUSIS -- ROME: BREAD IN POLITICS -- ROME: THE BREAD GOD, JESUS CHRIST -- BOOK THREE-Bread in the Middle Ages -- NEW PEOPLES ON OLD SOIL -- MONKS, DEMONS, PEASANTS -- THE MILLER WAS AN EVIL MAN -- AND THE BAKER STARVED US -- THE CENTURIES OF HUNGER -- THE MAN WITH THE HOE -- THE BLEEDING BREAD -- LE PAIN SE LÈVE-THE PEASANT REBELS -- THE FIGHT OVER THE LORD'S SUPPER -- BOOK FOUR-Bread in the Early Americas -- MAIZE-THE GREAT WAYFARER -- THE DAY OF THE POTATO -- BETWEEN SQUANTO AND OLIVER EVANS -- BOOK FIVE-Bread in the Nineteenth Century -- CAN SCIENCE PREVENT A REVOLUTION? -- BREAD: ACTOR IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION -- BREAD IN NAPOLEON'S DEFEAT -- LINCOLN: BREAD WAS GREATER THAN COTTON -- McCORMICK: THE MACHINE THAT CONQUERS-THE FIELDS -- LIEBIG: EARTH WAS IN NEED OF A HEALER -- CHALLENGE TO MALTHUS -- AMERICA'S EMPIRE OF WHEAT -- BOOK SIX-Bread in Our Time -- HOW BREAD HELPED WIN WORLD WAR I -- RUSSIA'S BREAD-1917 -- HOW BOTANISTS CHANGED THE MAP -- FARMERS' SALVATION -- DEMETER WARNS HER PEOPLE AGAIN -- BREAD, HEALTH, BUSINESS, AND THE SOUL OF MAN -- HITLER'S "PACTE DE FAMINE" -- POSTSCRIPT AND BIBLIOGRAPHY -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.
• Sommario/riassunto: Yeast, water, flour, and heat. How could this simple mixture have been the cause of war and plague, celebration and victory supernatural vision and more? In this remarkable and all-encompassing volume, H. E. Jacob takes us through six thousand dynamic years of bread's role in politics, religion, technology, and beyond.Who were the first bakers? Why were bakers distrusted during the Middle Ages? How did bread cause Napoleon's defeat? Why were people buried with bread? SIX THOUSAND YEARS OF BREAD has the answers.Jacob follows the story from its beginning in ancient Egypt and continues through to modern times. The poignant and inspiring conclusion of the book relays the author's experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, subsisting on bread made of sawdust.
• Titolo autorizzato: Six Thousand Years of Bread
• ISBN: 1-78720-127-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157574403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II