Bread, beer, and the seeds of change : agriculture's impact on world history / Thomas R. Sinclair, Carol Janas Sinclair.
Sinclair, Thomas R., 1944-; Sinclair, Carol Janas.
2010
S419 .S47 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Bread, beer, and the seeds of change : agriculture's impact on world history / Thomas R. Sinclair, Carol Janas Sinclair.
Author Sinclair, Thomas R., 1944-
ISBN 9781845937058
1845937058
9781845937041 (paperback)
184593704X (paperback)
Publication Details Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2010.
Language English
Description ix, 193 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm
Call Number S419 .S47 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 630.9
Summary The history of humankind is intimately tied to the history of agriculture : powerful societies rose, persisted and waned in parallel with their food supply systems. Describing what crops were grown, the constraints on their production and the foods that were obtained, this book traces the impact of cropping and food preparation in ten societies that were among the most powerful and influential in history, detailing how technology varied and developed as it related directly to agriculture and food production. -- Book jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author Sinclair, Carol Janas.
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pt. 1. Background : The "Seeds"
Why agriculture?
What crops to grow?
Basics of beer and bread
Human nutrition and diet
Cropping 101 : water, nitrogen, weed control
pt. 2. Early agricultural societies
Sumerians ([ca.] 3500 to 2334 BCE)
Egyptians ([ca.] 3000 to 1070 BCE)
Chinese (221 BCE to 220 CE)
Bantu of Africa ([ca.] 400 BCE to 300 CE)
Maya ([ca.] 150 BCE to 910 CE)
pt. 3. Technology advances in western societies : the "changes"
Athenians (550 to 338 BCE) / Romans (509 BCE to 410 CE)
Feudal Europeans (800 to 1347)
British (1700 to 1850)
Development of science and technology (1850 to 1950)
Americans (1950 to present)
Epilogue : Future of grain fermentation.

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