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AuthorStandage, Tom.TitleA history of the world in 6 glasses / Tom Standage.PublishedNew York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005.FormatBook
Descriptionviii, 311 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

LinkContributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004061209-b.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004061209-d.html
Variant titleHistory of the world in six glasses
NotesIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
ContentsBeer 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.
ISBN0802714471 (alk. paper)9780802714473 (alk. paper)0802715524 (2006 pbk.)9780802715524 (2006 pbk.)Cor.Sub.Texas Education Agency -- History.
SubjectBeverages -- History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- History.
Coffee -- History.
Cola drinks -- History.

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