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- catalog abstract ""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 Kaplan's The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 focuses on the production and distribution of France's 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." "In his exploration of bread's materiality and cultural meaning, Kaplan looks at bread's 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, Kaplan's study is also a comprehensive meditation on an entire society, its government, and its capacity to endure."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9143991.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog 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 Kaplan's The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 focuses on the production and distribution of France's 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." "In his exploration of bread's materiality and cultural meaning, Kaplan looks at bread's 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, Kaplan's study is also a comprehensive meditation on an entire society, its government, and its capacity to endure."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [717]-744) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 761 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Bakers of Paris and the bread question, 1700-1775.".
- catalog identifier "0822317060 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "082231715X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bakers of Paris and the bread question, 1700-1775.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Durham : Duke University Press,".
- catalog relation "Bakers of Paris and the bread question, 1700-1775.".
- catalog spatial "France Paris Region".
- catalog subject "664/.7523/0944361 20".
- catalog subject "Bakers France Paris Region History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Bread Prices France Paris Region History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Bread industry France Paris Region History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Food supply France Paris Region History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "HD9058.B743 F85 1996".
- catalog title "The bakers of Paris and the bread question, 1700-1775 / by Steven Laurence Kaplan.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".