MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 100201s2010 enkab b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2010003655
020 $a9781845937058 (hardback)
020 $a9781845937041 (pbk.)
035 $a1044695
035 $a(DNAL)1044695
040 $aDNAL/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aS419$b.S47 2010
070 0 $aS419$b.S555 2010
082 00 $a630.9$222
100 1 $aSinclair, Thomas R.,$d1944-
245 10 $aBread, beer, and the seeds of change :$bagriculture's impact on world history /$cThomas R. Sinclair, Carol Janas Sinclair.
260 $aWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;$aCambridge, MA :$bCABI,$cc2010.
300 $aix, 193 p. :$bill., maps ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aWhy agriculture? -- What crops to grow? -- Basics of beer and bread -- Human nutrition and diet -- Cropping 101 : water, nitrogen, weed control -- 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) -- 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.
650 0 $aAgriculture$xHistory.
650 0 $aFood$xHistory.
650 0 $aCrop science$xHistory.
700 1 $aSinclair, Carol Janas.