You may never look at your favorite drink the same way againĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:30:21 Boxid IA173301 Boxid_2 CH129925 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0008 Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition Pbk. For Tom Standage, each drink is a kind of technology, a catalyst for advancing culture by which he demonstrates the intricate interplay of different civilizations. 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. And hundreds of years after the Chinese began drinking tea, it became especially popular in Britain, with far-reaching effects on British foreign policy. Although coffee originated in the Arab world, it stoked revolutionary thought in Europe during the Age of Reason, when coffeehouses became centers of intellectual exchange. Spirits such as brandy and rum fueled the Age of Exploration, fortifying seamen on long voyages and oiling the pernicious slave trade. In ancient Greece wine became the main export of her vast seaborne trade, helping spread Greek culture abroad. was so important to Mesopotamia and Egypt that it was used to pay wages. This book tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and colaīeer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and by 3000 B.C.E. 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. certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and indexīeer in Mesopotamia and Egypt: Stone-age brew - Civilized beer - Wine in Greece and Rome: The delight of wine - The imperial vine - Spirits in the colonial period: High spirits, high seas - The drinks that built America - Coffee in the age of reason: the great soberer - The coffeehouse internet - Tea and the British Empire: Empires of tea - Tea power - Coca-cola and the rise of America: From soda to cola - Globalization in a bottleįrom beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history.
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