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The History of Bread: From Pre-historic to Modern Times

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The History of Bread: From Pre-historic to Modern Times

John Ashton

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Corn in Egypt and Assyria opens John Ashton's loaf-shaped history: bread among the classic lands, in eastern countries, and across Europe and America, rising through the centuries. The daily staple traced from prehistoric grains to the modern bakery. Civilization measured in flour and crust. Break bread with all of history.

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20 chapters

  1. 1The History of Bread
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5CHAPTER I. PRE-HISTORIC BREAD.
  6. 6CHAPTER II. CORN IN EGYPT AND ASSYRIA.
  7. 7CHAPTER III. BREAD IN PALESTINE.
  8. 8CHAPTER IV. THE BREAD OF THE CLASSIC LANDS.
  9. 9CHAPTER V. BREAD IN EASTERN LANDS.
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. BREAD IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. Early English Bread.
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. HOW GRAIN BECOMES FLOUR.
  13. 13CHAPTER IX. THE MILLER AND HIS TOLLS.
  14. 14CHAPTER X. BREAD MAKING AND BAKING.
  15. 15CHAPTER XI. OVENS ANCIENT AND MODERN.
  16. 16CHAPTER XII. THE RELIGIOUS USE OF BREAD.
  17. 17CHAPTER XIII. GINGER BREAD AND CHARITY BREAD.
  18. 18CHAPTER XIV. BREAD RIOTS.

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