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How did the brewing of beer become a scientific process? Sumner explores this question by charting the theory and practice of the trade in Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sumner, James (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Pittsburgh University Press, [2016]
Series:Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; 19.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Brewing > History > 18th century.
Brewing > History > 19th century.
Brassage > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Brassage > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Brewing.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • Principal Dramatis Personae
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Curious Brewer
  • 2 The Theorist and the Thermometer
  • 3 Brewery Instructors in Public and Private
  • 4 The Value of Beer
  • 5 Chemists, Druggists and Beer Doctors
  • 6 Professors in the Brewhouse
  • 7 Treatises for the Trade
  • 8 Analysis and Synthesis
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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