Bread : a slice of history / John Marchant, Bryan Reuben & Joan Alcock.
by
Marchant, John.
ISBN
:
9780752447483
Title
:
Bread : a slice of history / John Marchant, Bryan Reuben & Joan Alcock.
Author
:
Marchant, John.
Personal Author
:
Marchant, John.
Publication Information
:
Stroud, England : History Presss, c2008.
Physical Description
:
240 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 20 cm.
General Note
:
Includes index.
Donated by Graham Dodgshun in 2023.
Contents
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Baking bread: prehistoric, biblical and classical times -- Slaves, plagues and famines: from the Anglo-Saxons to the agricultural revolution -- The best thing before sliced bread: the steam engine and the Albion Mill -- Corn laws to cookery books: condition of the people 1792-1870 -- The bread basket: the opening-up of the North American wheatlands -- Spread the dough: purifiers and roller mills -- Decline of the small baker: the mechanization of the industry -- 1870-1914: the National Bakery School and the brown bread controversy -- Two world wars, the interim and the aftermath -- A byte of bread: technological change -- Using your loaf: the big players -- On the rise: luxury loaves -- Sandwiches and summaries -- Bread chemistry for gluten gluttons -- Units of wheat, bread and money -- Bread and wheat statistics.
Subject Term
:
Cooking (Bread)
Bread -- History.
Added Author
:
Reuben, Bryan.
Alcock, Joan P. (Joan Pilsbury)
Format
:
Books
Publication Date
:
2008
Publication Information
:
Stroud, England : History Presss, c2008.
Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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ARC 664.7523 MAR | Archive Collection | 1 | Archive Collection | Archive Collection |