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Re bakers-brewers/yeast connections: if you mean the 18th C., I'd certainly
begin with Diderot/d'Alembert's great Encyclope$die. (Also don't forget the
index because things are tucked away in odd places sometimes.) For guilds,
and interconnections, there is quite a body of material on that sort of thing.
But I couldn't point you in the exact direction for your specific interest.
(Without spending more time on that than I have now.) You might want to try
Beatrice Fink, French Dept., Univ. of Maryland who has written about the
potato (hist. of) and could well be of help to you.
Bonne chance!
--Bob Dawson
UTx-Austin