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A history of the world in 6 glasses / Tom Standage.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Walker & Co., 2006Distributor: New York : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers Copyright date: ©2005Edition: Pbk. editionDescription: viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0802715524
  • 9780802715524
  • 0802714471
  • 9780802714473
Other title:
  • History of the world in six glasses
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.12 23
LOC classification:
  • GT2880 .S83 2006
Contents:
Introduction : Vital fluids -- Pt.1 Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt -- 1. A stone-age brew -- 2. Civilized beer -- Pt.2 Wine in Greece and Rome -- 3. The delight of wine -- 4. The imperial vine -- Pt.3 Spirits in the Colonial Period -- 5. High spirits, high seas -- 6. The drinks that built America -- Pt.4 Coffee in the Age of Reason -- 7. The great soberer -- 8. The Coffeehouse Internet -- Pt.5 Tea and the British Empire -- 9. Empires of tea -- 10. Tea power -- Pt.6 Coca-Cola and the Rise of America -- 11. From Soda to Cola -- 12. Globalization in a bottle -- Epilogue : Back to the source -- App. In search of ancient drinks.
Summary: Presents a comprehensive history of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola from ancient times through to the twenty-first century, and discusses their individual importance throughout the centuries to culture and society.Review: "A History of the World in 6 Glasses presents an original, well-documented vision of world history, telling the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola."-- Book Jacket.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 394.12 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A266205B
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Global Beverages Semester 2

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Originally published: New York : Walker & Co., c2005.

Includes an excerpt from An edible history of humanity.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index.

Introduction : Vital fluids -- Pt.1 Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt -- 1. A stone-age brew -- 2. Civilized beer -- Pt.2 Wine in Greece and Rome -- 3. The delight of wine -- 4. The imperial vine -- Pt.3 Spirits in the Colonial Period -- 5. High spirits, high seas -- 6. The drinks that built America -- Pt.4 Coffee in the Age of Reason -- 7. The great soberer -- 8. The Coffeehouse Internet -- Pt.5 Tea and the British Empire -- 9. Empires of tea -- 10. Tea power -- Pt.6 Coca-Cola and the Rise of America -- 11. From Soda to Cola -- 12. Globalization in a bottle -- Epilogue : Back to the source -- App. In search of ancient drinks.

Presents a comprehensive history of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola from ancient times through to the twenty-first century, and discusses their individual importance throughout the centuries to culture and society.

"A History of the World in 6 Glasses presents an original, well-documented vision of world history, telling the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola."-- Book Jacket.

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