Staple Security
Bread and Wheat in Egypt
1st Edition
Published on 8. August 2022
320 pages
978-1-4780-2311-1 (ISBN)
Description
Jessica Barnes explores the central role that bread and wheat play in Egyptian daily life as well as the anxieties surrounding the possibility that the nation could run out these staples.
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Jessica Barnes is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at the University of South Carolina. She is author of Cultivating the Nile: The Everyday Politics of Water in Egypt, also published by Duke University Press, and coeditor of Climate Cultures: Anthropological Perspectives on Climate Change.
Content
A Note on Transliteration and Units vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1. Staple Becomings 39
2. Gold of the Land 81
3. Grain on the Move 113
4. Subsidized Bread (with Mariam Taher) 153
5. Homemade Bread 191
Conclusion 225
Notes 239
References 271
Index 289
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1. Staple Becomings 39
2. Gold of the Land 81
3. Grain on the Move 113
4. Subsidized Bread (with Mariam Taher) 153
5. Homemade Bread 191
Conclusion 225
Notes 239
References 271
Index 289
