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Bread, beer and the seeds of change : agriculture's impact on world history
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- Creator
- Thomas R. Sinclair, Carol Janas Sinclair
- Other Title
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- Bread, beer & the seeds of change
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CAB International, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- ix, 193 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781845937041, 184593704X, 9781845937058, 1845937058
- OCLC
- ocn511616931
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Why agriculture? -- What crops to grow? -- Basics of beer and bread -- Human nutrition and diet -- Cropping 101: water, nitrogen, weed control -- Sumerians (~3500 to 2334 BCE) -- Egyptians (~3000 to 1070 BCE) -- Chinese (221 BCE to 220 CE) -- Bantu of Africa (~400 BCE to 300 CE) -- Maya (~150 BCE to 910 CE) -- 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
- Why agriculture? -- What crops to grow? -- Basics of beer and bread -- Human nutrition and diet -- Cropping 101: water, nitrogen, weed control -- Sumerians (3500 to 2334 BCE) -- Egyptians (3000 to 1070 BCE) -- Chinese (221 BCE to 220 CE) -- Bantu of Africa (400 BCE to 300 CE) -- Maya (150 BCE to 910 CE) -- 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