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A History of the World in 6 Glasses

ISBN: 9780802715524 | 0802715524
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Walker & Company
Pub. Date: 5/16/2006

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period. "A History of the World in 6 Glasses" tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Beer was first made in ... MORE
Introduction1(8)
Vital Fluids
Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt
A Stone--Age Brew
9... MORE(15)
Civilized Beer
24(19)
Wine in Greece and Rome
The Delight of Wine
43(26)
The Imperial Vine
69(24)
Spirits in the Colonial Period
High Spirits, High Seas
93(19)
The Drinks That Built America
112(21)
Coffee in the Age of Reason
The Great Soberer
133(18)
The Coffeehouse Internet
151(24)
Tea and the British Empire
Empires of Tea
175(23)
Tea Power
198(25)
Coca--Cola and the Rise of America
From Soda to Cola
223(27)
Globalization in a Bottle
250(16)
Epilogue. Back to the Source266(9)
Acknowledgments275(2)
Appendix. In Search of Ancient Drinks277(8)
Notes285(6)
Sources291(10)
Index301
Tom Standage is technology editor at The Economist magazine and the author of four history books, "A History of the World in Six Glasses" (2005), "The Turk" (2002), "The Neptune File" (2000) and "The Victorian Internet" (1998). He holds a degree in engineering and computer science from Oxford University, and is the least musical member of a musical family. He is married and lives in Greenwich, London, with his wife and daughter.



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