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A history of the world in 6 glasses


Whatever your favourite tipple, when you pour yourself a drink, you have the past in a glass. <p>You can likely find them all in your own kitchen — beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, cola. Line them up on the counter, and there you have it: thousands of years of human history in six drinks.</p> <p>Tom Standage opens a window onto the past in this tour of six beverages that remain essentials today. En route he makes fascinating forays into the byways of western culture: Why were ancient Egyptians buried with beer? Why was wine considered a “classier” drink than beer by the Romans? How did rum grog help the British navy defeat Napoleon? What is the relationship between coffee and revolution? And how did Coca-Cola become the number one poster-product for globalization decades before the term was even coined?</p> <p class="null1">From the Hardcover edition.</p>

Author(s): Tom Standage  

ISBN 10: 0385660871
ISBN 13: 9780385660877
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Publication: 8/22/2006
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