A history of the world in 6 glasses
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. This book tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola
Print Book, English, 2005
Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, New York, 2005
History
viii, 311 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
9780802715524, 9780802714473, 9780739461914, 0802715524, 0802714471, 0739461915
57009997
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