Yale University Press, Date: 1991-07-24. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1991. Yale University Press ISBN 0300051212 9780300051216 [US]

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ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this peri.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1991]
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ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven] Softcover Paperback. Did food poisoning cause the Black Plague, the Salem witch-hunts, and other significant events in human history? In this pathbreaking book, historian Mary Kilbourne Matossian argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behavior, and low fertility and high death rates from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period. "A bold book with a stimulating thesis. Matossian's claims for the role of food poisoning will need to be incorporated into any satisfactory account of past demographic trends."--John Walter, Nature "Matossian's work is innovative and original, modest and reasoned, and opens a door on our general human past that historians have not only ignored, but often did not even know existed."--William Richardson, Environmental History Review "This work demonstrates an impressive variety of cross-national sources. Its broad sweep also reveals the importance of the history of agriculture and food and strengthens the view that the shift from the consumption of mold-poisoned rye bread to the potato significantly contributed to an improvement in the mental and physical health of Europeans and Americans."--Naomi Rogers, Journal of American History "This work is a true botanical-historical ...
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ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this peri.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1991]
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Yale University Press 7/24/1991 Revised ed. Paperback or Softback New in New jacket Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and History (Paperback or Softback)

ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press 7/24/1991] Softcover Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and History 0.74
[Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
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Paperback / softback. New. Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period. ISBN 0300051212 9780300051216 [GB]

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[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]

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ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover Did food poisoning cause the Black Plague, the Salem witch-hunts, and other significant events in human history? In this pathbreaking book, historian Mary Kilbourne Matossian argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behavior, and low fertility and high death rates from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period.A bold book with a stimulating thesis. Matossians claims for the role of food poisoning will need to be incorporated into any satisfactory account of past demographic trends.-John Walter, NatureMatossians work is innovative and original, modest and reasoned, and opens a door on our general human past that historians have not only ignored, but often did not even know existed.-William Richardson, Environmental History ReviewThis work demonstrates an impressive variety of cross-national sources. Its broad sweep also reveals the importance of the history of agriculture and food and strengthens the view that the shift from the consumption of mold-poisoned rye bread to the potato significantly contributed to an improvement in the mental and physical health of Europeans and Americans.-Naomi Rogers, Journal of American HistoryThis work is a true botanical-historical tour de force.-Rudolf Schmid, Journal of the International Association of Plant ...

ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover 208 pages. Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period.
[Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1991]

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[Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]

ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.7
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]

ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: *Yale University Press] Softcover 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD.
[Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1991]
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Yale University Press 1991 Revised ed. Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. Audience: General/trade. New book, tight, clean, unmarked, unread.

ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover Has mild bend to upper right corner of front cover. Nice Reading Copy.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1989]

ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1991]

U.S.A. Yale University Press 1991 Revised ed. Paperback Very Good Clean, unmarked copy. bumped corner.

U.S.A.: Yale University Press, Date: 1991. Paperback. Very Good. clean, unmarked copy. bumped corner. 1991. Yale University Press ISBN 0300051212 9780300051216 [US]

ISBN10: 0300051212, ISBN13: 9780300051216, [publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1989.] Softcover ISBN 0300051212. Trade Paperback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Page 180 has been crunched/creased and folded back out. Book is in Very Good condition with minor wear edges and corners. Otherwise a tight, sound and unmarked copy.
[Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1989]