A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004SKR6MS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 525 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This was definitely my favorite chapter. If you are not familiar with the J.K. Turner First of all, it isn't a history of each individual beverage, though there is plenty of that, but a history of the world (as the title indicates) viewed through the lens of what (and why) people were drinking at the time. The drinks and the times they represent are:Beer - probably the oldest known drink, popular in Meso. J. Brian Watkins said First Rate History. This book is evidence of the power of a good idea to organize one's thoughts and arguments so as to make them compelling. Other than the air we breathe, which hasn't really changed all that much over the years, there is nothing so universally important as liquid refreshment. Mr. Standage's decision to structure his hist. "I'll Drink to This" according to S. Dahl. Unique and illuminating, this is an easy, breezy romp through history from the point of view of six beverages, each of which profoundly influenced its time and place. The book contains some familiar lore, of course, but also many little-known details, such as wine in water being a safeguard to contaminated water. Discus
was so important to Mesopotamia and Egypt that it was used to pay wages. Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. Beer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and by 3000 B.C.E. And hundreds of years after the Chinese began drinking tea, it became especially popular in Britain, with far-reaching effects on British foreign policy. In ancient Greece, wine became the main export of her vast seaborne trade, helping spread Greek culture abroad. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. 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. Finally, though carbonated drinks were invented in 18th-century Europe, they became a 20th-century phenomenon, and Coca-Cola in particular is the leading symbol of globalization. Although coffee originated in the Arab world, it stoked revolutionary thought in Euro