{"product_id":"9781501307454","title":"Bread","description":"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145443328240,"sku":"9781501307454","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501307454_p0.jpg?v=1763707046","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501307454","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}