Uncorking the Past, Patrick E. McGovern, Getränke

Uncorking the Past

The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages

Patrick E. McGovern

2011, XV, 330 Seiten, Masse: 15,4 x 23,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch

University of California

ISBN-10: 0520267982
ISBN-13: 9780520267985

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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. 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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¿McGovern's delving, detailed in this fascinating book, leaves little doubt that humans are born drinkers. . . . From the earliest times, people the world over have felt the urge to drink alcohol and applied themselves to finding ways to produce prodigious amounts of it.¿¿New Scientist

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Autoren-Porträt von Patrick E. McGovern:

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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