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BL
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635174
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| Main Entry
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Standage, Tom.
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| Title & Author
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A history of the world in 6 glasses /\ Tom Standage.
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| Edition Statement
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Pbk. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Walker & Co. :: Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,, c2006.
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viii, 311 p. :: ill. ;; 21 cm.
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| ISBN
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0802715524
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: 9780802715524
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
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| Contents
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Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt. A stone-age brew -- Civilized beer -- Wine in Greece and Rome. The delight of wine -- The imperial vine -- Spirits in the colonial period. High spirits, high seas -- The drinks that built America -- Coffee in the age of reason. The great soberer -- The coffeehouse internet -- Tea and the British Empire. Empires of tea -- Tea power -- Coca-cola and the rise of America. From soda to cola -- Globalization in a bottle -- Epilogue. Back to the sources -- Appendix. In search of ancient drinks.
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Beverages-- History.
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Drinking of alcoholic beverages-- History.
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Tea-- History.
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Coffee-- History.
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Cola drinks-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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394.12
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| LC Classification
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GT2880.S83 2006
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| Parallel Title
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History of the world in six glasses
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