Whatever your favourite tipple, when you pour yourself a drink, you have the past in a glass. You can likely find them all in your own kitchen -- beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, cola. Line them up on the counter, and there you have it: thousands of years of human history in six drinks. Tom Standage opens a window onto the past in this tour of six beverages that remain essentials today. En route he makes fascinating forays into the byways of western culture: Why were ancient Egyptians buried with beer? Why was wine considered a "classier" drink than beer by the Romans? How did rum grog help the British navy defeat Napoleon? What is the relationship between coffee and revolution? And how did Coca-Cola become the number one poster-product for globalization decades before the term was even coined?
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Very informative and interesting:
An interesting history of the world told by exploring the various beverages humankind drinks. informative and entertaining a must read.
slow and nothing new:
I thought that the book moved rather slowly and didn't really provide a whole lot of information or insight. I expected a bit more of why the individual drinks played a role, instead of just the fact that they did.
product in great condition..arrived quickly:
this was a book we needed for a school project and we got it right on time..
AP World History Review: A New Perspective on History:
After reading A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an approving review is necessary. Tom Standage does an excellent job teaching his audience the entire history of the world as we know it in an engaging fashion. Standage knows his facts and organizes them well under the 6 beverages of history. He divides the history through the perspective of "drink empires"- the civilizations that centered their culture on the drink of that era- beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca- Cola. Standage not only talks... more info
