Uncorking the Past : the Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages.

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Author / Creator:McGovern, Patrick E.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (357 pages)
Language:English
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11282968
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ISBN:9780520944688
0520944682
0520253795
9780520253797
1282359908
9781282359901
9780520267985
0520267982
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: 9780520253797

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505 0 |a 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. 
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