Standage, Tom.

A history of the world in 6 glasses / History of the world in six glasses Tom Standage. - New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005. - viii, 311 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.

Beer 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 bottle.

0802714471 (alk. paper) 9780802714473 (alk. paper)

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Beverages--History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--History.
Tea--History.
Coffee--History.
Cola drinks--History.

GT 2880 / .S83 2005