A History of the World in 6 Glasses
New York : Walker & Co., 2006.
Format: Book
Edition: Paperback edition.
Description: viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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.
Contents:
Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt. A 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 -- Epilogue. Back to the source -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix. In search of ancient drinks.
Subjects:
Beverages -- History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- History.
Tea -- History.
Coffee -- History.
Cola drinks -- History.
Tea -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Beverages -- History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- History.
Tea -- History.
Coffee -- History.
Cola drinks -- History.
Tea -- History -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0802715524
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Originally published: New York : Walker & Co., ©2005.
Includes an excerpt from An edible history of humanity.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index.
Includes an excerpt from An edible history of humanity.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index.