{"product_id":"bread-9781501307447","title":"Bread","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBread is an object that is always in process of becoming something else: flower to grain, grain to dough, dough to loaf, loaf to crumb. Bread is also often a figure or vehicle of social cohesion: from the homely image of \"breaking bread together\" to the mysteries of the Eucharist. But bread also commonly figures in social conflict - sometimes literally, in the \"bread riots\" that punctuate European history, and sometimes figuratively, in the ways bread operates as ethnic, religious or class signifier. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from the scriptures to modern pop culture, \u003ci\u003eBread \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of how this ancient and everyday object serves as a symbol for both social communion and social exclusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501307447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Scott Cutler Shershow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205043650741,"sku":"9781501307447","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_db7651b6-d46d-4908-b702-0a0a59474946.jpg?v=1698127968","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bread-9781501307447","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}