Uncorking the past
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In a lively tour around the world and through the millennia, Uncorking the Past tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. Following a tantalizing trail of archaeological, chemical, artistic, and textual clues, Patrick E. McGovern, the leading authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, brings us up to date on what we now know about how humans created and enjoyed fermented beverages across cultures. Along the way, he explores a provocative hypothesis about the integral role such libations have played in human evolution. We discover, for example, that the cereal staples of the modern world were probably domesticated for their potential in making quantities of alcoholic beverages. These include the delectable rice wines of China and Japan, the corn beers of the Americas, and the millet and sorghum drinks of Africa. Humans also learned how to make mead from honey and wine from exotic fruits of all kinds-even from the sweet pulp of the cacao (chocolate) fruit in the New World. The perfect drink, it turns out-whether it be mind-altering, medicinal, a religious symbol, a social lubricant, or artistic inspiration-has not only been a profound force in history, but may be fundamental to the human condition itself.
العنوان |
Uncorking the past : the quest for wine, beer, and other alcoholic beverages / Patrick E. McGovern. |
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عنوان بديل |
Quest for wine, beer, and other alcoholic beverages |
الطبعة |
1st ed. |
الناشر |
Berkeley : University of California Press |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2009 |
ملاحظات |
Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
رقم الرف |
Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Homo Imbibens I Drink, Therefore I Am -- 2. Along The Banks Of The Yellow River -- 3. The Near Eastern Challenge -- 4. Following The Silk Road -- 5. European Bogs, Grogs, Burials, And Binges -- 6. Sailing The Wine- Dark Mediterranean -- 7. The Sweet, The Bitter, And The Aromatic In The New World -- 8. Africa Serves Up Its Meads, Wines, And Beers -- 9. Alcoholic Beverages: Whence And Whither? -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
الشكل |
1 online resource (357 pages) |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
رقم النظام |
997007875965905171 |
MARC RECORDS
وسوم
- Alcoholic beverages History.
- Alcoholic beverages Social aspects.
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages History.
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages Social aspects.
- Alcohol consumption
- Alcohol drinking
- Alcohol use
- Alcoholic beverage consumption
- Consumption of alcoholic beverages
- nne Liquor problem
- Social drinking
- Intoxicants
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