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Drink
Iain Gately
其他書名
A Cultural History of Alcohol
出版
Gotham Books
, 2009
主題
Cooking / History
Cooking / Beverages / Alcoholic / General
Social Science / Popular Culture
ISBN
1592404642
9781592404643
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oRmHNQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day
Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our civilization.
Drink
investigates the history of this Jekyll and Hyde of fluids, tracing mankind's love/hate relationship with alcohol from ancient Egypt to the present day.
Drink
further documents the contribution of alcohol to the birth and growth of the United States, taking in the War of Independence, the Pennsylvania Whiskey revolt, the slave trade, and the failed experiment of national Prohibition. Finally, it provides a history of the world's most famous drinks-and the world's most famous drinkers. Packed with trivia and colorful characters,
Drink
amounts to an intoxicating history of the world.