Description: The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 by Steven Laurence Kaplan Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Focuses on the production and distribution of Frances important commodity in the sprawling urban center of eighteenth-century Paris where provisioning needs were most acutely felt and most difficult to satisfy. This title shows how the relentless demand for bread constructed the pattern of daily life in Paris. Publisher Description 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 Kaplans The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 focuses on the production and distribution of Frances 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 the pattern of daily life in Paris as decisively and subtly as elaborate protocol governed the social life at Versailles.Despite the overpowering salience of bread in public and private life, Kaplans is the first inquiry into the ways bread exercised its vast and significant empire. Bread framed dreams as well as nightmares. It was the staff of life, the medium of communion, a topic of common discourse, and a mark of tradition as well as transcendence. In his exploration of breads materiality and cultural meaning, Kaplan looks at breads fashioning of identity and examines the conditions of supply and demand in the marketplace. He also sets forth a complete history of the bakers and their guild, and unmasks the methods used by the authorities in their efforts to regulate trade.Because the bakers and their bread were central to Parisian daily life, Kaplans study is also a comprehensive meditation on an entire society, its government, and its capacity to endure. Long-awaited by French history scholars, The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 is a landmark in eighteenth-century historiography, a book that deeply contextualizes, and thus enriches our understanding of one of the most important eras in European history. Author Biography Steven Laurence Kaplan is Goldwin Smith Professor of European History at Cornell University. Details ISBN 0822317060 ISBN-13 9780822317067 Title The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 Author Steven Laurence Kaplan Format Hardcover Year 1996 Pages 784 Publisher Duke University Press GE_Item_ID:161665019; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780822317067
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Book Title: Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775
Number of Pages: 784 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Topic: Food Science, Europe / France, Courses & Dishes / Bread, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
Publication Year: 1996
Item Height: 2.2 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Cooking, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 44.7 Oz
Author: Steven Laurence Kaplan
Item Length: 9.8 in
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Hardcover
