Drink, Iain Gately
Drink, Iain Gately
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Drink
A Cultural History of Alcohol

Author: Iain Gately

Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Unabridged: 21 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/14/2019

Categories: Cooking, Nonfiction


Synopsis

A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day.

Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our civilization. Drink investigates the history of this Jekyll and Hyde of fluids, tracing mankind's love/hate relationship with alcohol from ancient Egypt to the present day.

Drink further documents the contribution of alcohol to the birth and growth of the United States, taking in the War of Independence, the Pennsylvania Whiskey revolt, the slave trade, and the failed experiment of national Prohibition. Finally, it provides a history of the world's most famous drinks—and the world's most famous drinkers. Packed with trivia and colorful characters, Drink amounts to an intoxicating history of the world.

About Iain Gately

Iain Gately is the author of Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization. Raised in Hong Kong, he studied law at Cambridge University and worked in the financial markets of London, where he currently lives.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on December 17, 2013

It’s a sad reflection on the state of popular histories in general that I got really excited when Iain Gately’s Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol devoted an entire chapter to Australia and the Rum Rebellion. And then split a chapter between China and Japan. And, um, mentioned Africa. Okay, what I’......more

Goodreads review by Rick on March 25, 2009

As I was reading this book, I kept developing a prodigious thirst for both the text and the subject matter. Ah, alcohol! I cannot even try to read about your glories without falling prey to your allure! Ahem, sorry... Anyway, this popular history covers the entire history of the drink of poets, madme......more