Date 05 November 2021
Pages 480
Format cm 20 x 26
Price € 39.00
EAN 9782251452357
Publisher Website www.lesbelleslettres.com

Humans and Grains

A Grain-Based History of Civilizations
Publisher Les Belles Lettres
COLLECTION Hors collection
Age All Ages
The history of the interaction between humans and grains: knowledge of species, growing and its environmental implications, cults and associated rituals.

· A global overview of grains and pseudograins, their role in shifting humans away from hunting and gathering, the evolution of civilizations since the Neolithic period, and the future of our relations with the living
· A specific and illustrated study of the various species of grains and their uses
· Reflections on the solutions that grains can provide to the environmental, spiritual, and food challenges of future generations
· Perspective on the symbolic and religious import of grains throughout eras and civilizations
· A complete inventory of biological and technological conversations up to the current stakes of globalization.

  • Sales in France 3,000 copies
  • As of: December 2021