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Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

The beer of today--brewed from malted grain and hops, manufactured by large and often multinational corporations, frequently associated with young adults, sports, and drunkenness--is largely the result of scientific and industrial developments of the nineteenth century. Modern beer, however, has lit...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Unger, Richard W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press March 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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