Good bread is back

Informationen zum Autor Steven Laurence Kaplan is the Goldwin Smith Professor of European History at Cornell University. He is the author of The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1770-1775, also published by Duke University Press.  Klappentext "Like its subject matter, this book is a delicious and irresistible labor of love. Steven Laurence Kaplan has distilled his vast knowledge of France and French bread into a delightfully readable story that is also a brilliant, illuminating model of how to write contemporary social history."--David A. Bell, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University Zusammenfassung This beautifully illustrated book, written by a leading expert on French bread, describes the resurgence of high-quality, artisanal bread in France over the past two decades. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 1. Good Bread: Practices and Discourses 13 2. Bread: The Double Crisis 63 3. White Bread: A Western Story 100 4. The Enemy 122 5. Bakeries and the State 162 6. Bound to Quarrel, Condemned to Get Along: Millers and Bakers 212 7. Rue Monge Rivals and Other Mavericks 258 Conclusion 304 Acknowledgments 325 Notes 327

Product details

• Authors: Kaplan, s l porter Kaplan, Steven L. Kaplan, Steven Laurence Kaplan, Steven Laurencekaplan
• Assisted by: Catherine Porter (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2006
• EAN: 9780822338338
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3833-8
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 30 mm
• Subject: Guides > Food & drink > Baking