Uncorking the Past : the Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages.
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2009.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780520944688 0520944682 0520253795 9780520253797 1282359908 9781282359901 9786612359903 6612359900 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1. Homo Imbibens; 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 Wind-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; Select Bibliograpy; Acknowledgments; Index.