The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 /

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In preindustrial Europe, dependence on grain shaped every phase of life from economic development to spiritual expression, and the problem of subsistence dominated the everyday order of things in a merciless and unremitting way. Steven Laurence Kaplan's The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Questio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaplan, Steven L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Brood.
Bakkersbedrijven.
Food supply.
Bread > Prices.
Bread industry.
Bakeries.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
Bread > Prices > France > Paris Region > History > 18th century.
Food supply > France > Paris Region > History > 18th century.
Bakeries > France > Paris Region > History > 18th century.
Bread industry > France > Paris Region > History > 18th century.
France > Paris Region.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In preindustrial Europe, dependence on grain shaped every phase of life from economic development to spiritual expression, and the problem of subsistence dominated the everyday order of things in a merciless and unremitting way. Steven Laurence Kaplan's The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 focuses on the production and distribution of France's most important commodity in the sprawling urban center of eighteenth-century Paris where provisioning needs were most acutely felt and most difficult to satisfy. Kaplan shows how the relentless demand for bread constructed th.
Physical Description:1 online resource (782 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822381983

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