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Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench our thirst. They have been used as currencies, in religious rites, as political symbols, or as sources of philosophical and artistic inspiration. ... Six drinks in particular - beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola - have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of our history during pivotal epochs, from humankind's adoption of agriculture and the birth of cities to the advent of globalization. .... [Back cover].

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Atlantic
Language
English
Pages
311

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Beverages, History, Social aspects

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A history of the world in six glasses
2007, Atlantic
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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.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York: Walker, 2005.

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

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London

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Dewey Decimal Class
394.12
Library of Congress
GT2880 .S83 2005

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Pagination
xi, 311 pages
Number of pages
311

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Open Library
OL32787174M
Internet Archive
historyofworldin0000stan_a3d3
ISBN 10
1843545950
ISBN 13
9781843545958
OCLC/WorldCat
85830050

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