Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.
Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.
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New York : Gotham, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N641.21/6
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
The grain and the grape -- Bacchanal -- In vino veritas -- Wine, blood, salvation -- Barbarians -- Islam -- Brews for breakfast -- A new world of drinking -- Watkin's ale -- Pilgrims -- Restoration -- Rum -- Gin fever -- Progress -- Revolution -- Warra warra -- Whiskey with an e -- Romantic drinki...
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Publisher
New York : Gotham, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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"In Drink, Iain Gately traces the course of humanity's ten-thousand-year-old love affair with the substance that has been dubbed "the cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems." Along the way he scrutinizes the drinking habits of presidents, prophets, and barbarian hordes, and features drinkers as diverse as Homer, Hemingway, Shakespeare,...
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Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.
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N641.21/6
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74VMbwzzdj3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbwzzdj3g
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ISBN
9781592403035 (hardcover)
DDC
641.21
MMS ID
991000656539702626
