Uncorking the past : the quest for wine, beer, and other alcoholic beverages /

Uncorking the past : the quest for wine, beer, and other alcoholic beverages /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McGovern, Patrick E.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Description:	xv, 330 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Alcoholic beverages -- History. Alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects. Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- History. Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects. Alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects. Drinking of alcoholic beverages. Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects. History.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7844207

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ISBN:	9780520253797 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520253795 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List Of 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