From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history. Throughout human history. certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. 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.
A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Beer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and by 3000 B.C.E. was so important to Mesopotamia and Egypt that it was used to pay wages. In ancient Greece wine became the main export of her vast seaborne trade, helping spread Greek culture abroad. Spirits such as brandy and rum fueled the Age of Exploration, fortifying seamen on long voyages and oiling the pernicious slave trade. 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. And hundreds of years after the Chinese began drinking tea, it became especially popular in Britain, with far-reaching effects on British foreign policy. 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.
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. You may never look at your favorite drink the same way again.
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Feb, 2012
评分輕快有趣的書。作者是英國報紙編輯，明顯下筆風格較輕鬆、明快、甚至有那麼一點點點點討好讀者的意思。書中摘錄瞭許多有關這6種飲料（啤酒、紅酒、烈酒、咖啡、茶和可樂）的小故事，非常有趣。
评分Feb, 2012
评分哈哈，我是豆瓣第一個讀這本書的人？一本一個小時就能讀完的書，從飲料這一個細節探索曆史的發展。雖然提供瞭不同的角度去思考曆史，但是作者難免有時有些牽強地過於強調飲料的價值，忽略瞭其他方麵。總體來說很棒，在曆史上我們也要多去關注那些被人忽略的小細節啊。（9月ACT考試就考到原文...哈哈）
评分哈哈，我是豆瓣第一個讀這本書的人？一本一個小時就能讀完的書，從飲料這一個細節探索曆史的發展。雖然提供瞭不同的角度去思考曆史，但是作者難免有時有些牽強地過於強調飲料的價值，忽略瞭其他方麵。總體來說很棒，在曆史上我們也要多去關注那些被人忽略的小細節啊。（9月ACT考試就考到原文...哈哈）
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