A history of the world in six glasses
By: Tom Standage
Publisher: Atlantic
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781843545958
Subjects: Beverages; History; Social aspects
Description: 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].
Notes: Originally published: New York: Walker, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt: Stone-age brew; title: Civilized beer; title: Wine in Greece and Rome: The delight of wine; title: The imperial vine; title: Spirits in the colonial period: High spirits, high seas; title: The drinks that built America; title: Coffee in the age of reason: the great soberer; title: The coffeehouse internet; title: Tea and the British Empire: Empires of tea; title: Tea power; title: Coca-cola and the rise of America: From soda to cola; title: Globalization in a bottle.