Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages - Couverture rigide

McGovern, Patrick E.

 
9780520253797: Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages
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ISBN 10 : 0520253795 ISBN 13 : 9780520253797
Editeur : University of California Press, 2009

Synopsis

In a lively tour around the world and through the millennia, "Uncorking the Past" tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. Following a tantalizing trail of archaeological, chemical, artistic, and textual clues, Patrick E. McGovern, the leading authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, brings us up to date on what we now know about how humans created and enjoyed fermented beverages across cultures. Along the way, he explores a provocative hypothesis about the integral role such libations have played in human evolution. We discover, for example, that the cereal staples of the modern world were probably domesticated for their potential in making quantities of alcoholic beverages. These include the delectable rice wines of China and Japan, the corn beers of the Americas, and the millet and sorghum drinks of Africa. Humans also learned how to make mead from honey and wine from exotic fruits of all kinds-even from the sweet pulp of the cacao (chocolate) fruit in the New World. The perfect drink, it turns out-whether it be mind-altering, medicinal, a religious symbol, a social lubricant, or artistic inspiration-has not only been a profound force in history, but may be fundamental to the human condition itself.

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À propos de l?auteur

Patrick E. McGovern is Scientific Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. His books include Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture, the 2004 Grand Prize winner in History, Literature, and Fine Arts, Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin. McGovern's research on the origins of alcoholic beverages has been featured in Time, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Nature, and elsewhere.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520253795
ISBN 13 
9780520253797
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
348
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780520267985: Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages

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ISBN 10 :  0520267982 ISBN 13 :  9780520267985
Editeur : University of California Press, 2009
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