Drink
Subtitle: a cultural history of alcohol
By: Iain Gately
Publisher: Gotham Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9781592404643
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages; Social aspects; Drinking customs; Brewing; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-527) and index.
Table of contents: title: The grain and the grape; title: Bacchanal; title: In vino veritas; title: Wine, blood, salvation; title: Barbarians; title: Islam; title: Brews for breakfast; title: A new world of drinking; title: Watkin's ale; title: Pilgrims; title: Restoration; title: Rum; title: Gin fever; title: Progress; title: Revolution; title: Warra warra; title: Whiskey with an e; title: Romantic drinking; title: Apostles of cold water; title: West; title: The king of San Francisco; title: Good taste; title: Emancipation; title: Imperial preference; title: La fe e verte; title: Hatchetation; title: In the chalk trenches of champagne; title: Amphibians; title: Lost; title: Crime and punishment; title: The bottle; title: Reconstruction; title: Flashbacks; title: Westernization; title: Messages; title: Singletons, wine lakes, and the Moscow express; title: Fiat lux.