A History Of The World In Six Glasses
- 书名:A History Of The World In Six Glasses
- 作者: Tom Standage
- 格式:EPUB,AZW3,MOBI
- 时间:2024-06-22
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- ISBN:9780802714473
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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张江伟8112-20比较简单易读,只读了茶,咖啡,可乐。比较轻松有趣
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读书看电影09-17古今多少事 都在六杯中。 现在喝葡萄酒兑水啦。
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小猪家的竹子09-24哈哈,我是豆瓣第一个读这本书的人?一本一个小时就能读完的书,从饮料这一个细节探索历史的发展。虽然提供了不同的角度去思考历史,但是作者难免有时有些牵强地过于强调饮料的价值,忽略了其他方面。总体来说很棒,在历史上我们也要多去关注那些被人忽略的小细节啊。(9月ACT考试就考到原文...哈哈)
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