Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History
by H.E. Jacob
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Entertaining, but the material is extremely dated, the book was written in 1944, so a number of the theories have been supeceded by more recent research.
A definitive history of wheat & bread from ancient Egypt to modern America. Excellent history.
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- Canonical title
- Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History
- Original title
- same
- Original publication date
- 1944
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Food & Cooking, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 664.752309 — Applied Science & Technology Chemical engineering Food technology Cereal Grains; Related Processes; Related Products Baking & Manufacturing Breads & Baked Goods Bread
- LCC
- GT2868 .J33 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Manners and customs (General) Manners and customs (General) Customs relative to private life
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- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
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