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RENACIMIENTO Y CONSUMISMO
El término renacimiento se utiliza fundamentalmente para describir el periodo en el que tuvo lugar un espectacular florecimiento de la vida artística e intelectual en Europa. El renacimiento, que se...
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MULHER NO BRASIL NO INÍCIO DO SÉCULO XX
Rainha do lar, súdita do homem e escrava da moda."Uma mulher já é bastante instruída quando lê corretamente as suas orações e sabe escrever a receita de goiabada. Mais do que isso seria um perigo para...
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SOCIEDADE PATRIARCAL BRASILEIRA NO INÍCIO DO SÉCULO XX
Vila `Penteado da família Conde Antonio Alvares Penteado"(...) começou a haver no nosso Pais um deslocamento de capital, do trabalho agrícola para a atividade industrial ( ... ),atividade que adquiriu...
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AGRICULTURE
The so-called agricultural revolution of the eighteenth century sprang from scientific and nonscientific sources, but the period beginning from the mid-eighteenth century saw increasing scientific...
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A OCUPAÇÃO DO TERRITÓRIO BRASILEIRO NO INÍCIO DO SÉCULO XX
Imigrantes poloneses no Paraná1. Na rota das migrações, definem-se os contornos do país."O Brasil é vasta e extraordinariamente rico, oculta no seu solo minas de incalculável valor, tem um tesouro...
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O BRASIL HOLANDÊS (1637-1644)
Palácio Friburgo em Recife (Barlaeus -"'Rerum per Octennium in Brasília" )A POLÍTICA TOLERANTE DE MAURÍCIO DE NASSAUAo mesmo tempo em que consolidavam militarmente a conquista, os holandeses trataram...
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A COZINHA DA COLÔNIA
Uma terra que “em que se plantando tudo dá”. Tal é a máxima das crônicas e dos relatos dos viajantes estrangeiros, que apresentam as novas terras como sendo deliciosamente ricas em espécies...
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WHAT DID THE VIKINGS EAT?
Common foods and farming"The main items in the Vikings' diet were wholemeal bread made from rye and oats, porridge containing oatmeal and barley, eggs, milk, cream, butter and cheese. They ate mutton,...
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MENSTRUATION AND FERTILITY IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
The female generative organs were a mysterious entity in the early modern period. Menstruation and in particular the qualities of menstrual blood were discussed and debated across the period. Medical...
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THE FOUR BASIC FOOD MOLECULES
This chapter describes the characters of the four chemical protagonists in foods and the cooking process, the molecules referred to constantly in the first fourteen chapters.• Water is the major...
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DINHEIRO NO BRASIL
Apresentação. Com o objetivo de divulgar aspectos significativos da história econômica e numismática brasileira, o Banco Central do Brasil coloca à disposição do público esta cartilha, que reproduz os...
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THE VIRUS THAT MADE US HUMAN
VIRUSES GIVE US INFECTIONS, FROM THE COMMON COLD TO EBOLA AND AIDS. BUT NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THEY MAY ALSO HAVE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SHAPING THE EVOLUTION OF HOMO SAPIENS.Zika, Ebola, flu, even the...
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THE FOOD IN BIBLICAL TIMES (1200-587 BC)
The Israelite family invested most of its efforts in making a living, whether by tilling the land, herding, or a combination of the two. Other activities were related to maintaining and improving the...
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WORKING CLASS HOME IN ENGLAND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
How to live like common people, late-18th century & 19th century, England.The Industrial Revolution saw a huge influx of workers from the countryside to the cities, over a very short space of time....
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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE - KOREA
The LandKorea is a rugged peninsula lying between China on the west and north and Japan to the east. It shares a very small border with Russia to the extreme northeast. Korea is surrounded by water on...
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SYNTHETIC STEAK - THE ARTIFICIAL MEAT FACTORY
Three years ago, the first lab-grown burger was served up. So where are our synthetic steaks? We look at the race to mass-produce artificial meat.Back in 2013, the world watched as food critics tucked...
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ABSINTHE-DRINKING WITH THE DEVIL
The Absinthe Drinker by Viktor OlivaConjuring images of bohemian artists, pale-faced poets and the long-lost glamour of 19th-century café culture, discover how absinthe fever intoxicated a nation.The...
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PASTA'S TWISTED HISTORY
Picture of Saverio della Gatta's early 19th-century portrayal of the “macaroni eatersFrom medieval feasts to the food of peasants, pasta transformed Italy, before going on to conquer the world.Today...
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COULD A PIG'S HEART SAVE YOUR LIFE?
Thousands of people are in dire need of a transplant in the UK, but there just aren't enough donated organs to go round. So should we make up the deficit with animal organs?Earlier this year it was...
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A CIVILIZAÇÃO DO AÇÚCAR NO BRASIL
A competição entre Portugal e outros países europeus pelo domínio do Brasil acirrou-se durante o período da União Ibérica, mas não se deveu unicamente a esse fato. Prendia-se, antes, à rápida...
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