A history of the world in 6 glasses
Beer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and by 3000 B.C.E. was so important to Mesopotamia and Egypt that it was used to pay wages. In ancient Greece wine became the main export of her vast seaborne trade, helping spread Greek culture abroad. Spirits such as brandy and rum fueled the Age of Expl...
| Main Author: | Standage, Tom (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt: Stone-age brew
- Civilized beer
- Wine in Greece and Rome: The delight of wine
- The imperial vine
- Spirits in the colonial period: High spirits, high seas
- The drinks that built America
- Coffee in the age of reason: the great soberer
- The coffeehouse internet
- Tea and the British Empire: Empires of tea
- Tea power
- Coca-cola and the rise of America: From soda to cola
- Globalization in a bottle.