I've been looking for some reading related to the history and shifts in industrial food production. I'm no historian but am an industrial biochemist, so looking for something that doesn't skimp on the science but presents it as it relates to the historical context.

Stuff like this is very interesting to me. Getting into not only the additives but the shifts production that had recently occured, as well as the perceptions of the time. As in, in the clip they say the modern person would have picked a "browner" loaf because it's associated with the modern understanding of the health of whole grain where as in Victorian times the whitest white bread would have been in demand.

It's the interplay between the publics understanding of health and the academics understanding of nutrition, and manufacturers managing the interface with an increasing number of technologies available to them, that I find really fascinating.

Got Foner's Reconstruction out from the library. Girding myself for a bitter, depressing read. But it's an era I've been wanting to understand better for years, and reading in my 1960s encyclopedia that "the power of Congress was at its zenith during Reconstruction" intrigued me enough to remember to request this book.

I’m reading 1776 and have to admit that what I thought I knew about America’s founding and founding fathers was all wrong. I really enjoy the story-telling style of this book: facts and quotes but also a lot of color and discussion of how people were feeling and living at the time.

Any other suggestions for books in the early days of the United States or in the first 5-10 presidencies? or about impactful events in American history that shaped the constitution / current landscape? Prefer good storytelling.

Could anyone recommend any sources on the government of the Kingdom of England around the early 1700s. How it functioned, the major branches, parliament, etc.

One book handling all important topics instead of multiple books handling singular topics to the barest details would be preferred, but I'll take whatever I can find.

Can anyone recommend a good book on the first and second Schleswig wars? Thank you.

Okay so i’m interested in the topic of death. it specifically within the victorian/Edwardian era of Britain.

If anyone had any good recommendations that would be greatly appreciated!!!

Could anyone recommend me some books on how ancient rome influenced western civilization in terms of law and politics? I found books on the “corpus ius civilis”, for example, but not in the context of how it shaped the western legal traditions. I would like to talk about things like: due process, separation of powers, contracts, constitution, class struggle and more

I'm looking for english language books on the Cossacks in Ukraine prior to 1600 (particularly from about 1580 to then)

A focus on Material Culture is most desired, as I'm researching a SCA kit. General historical information for the area in that period is also appreciated.