Patrick E. McGovern

Uncorking the Past

The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages

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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 r… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-520-26798-5
EAN: 9780520267985
Produktnummer: 7278577
Verlag: University of California Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 348 S.
Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.1 cm 500 g
Abbildungen: 10 color illustrations, 24 b-w photographs, 4 maps
Gewicht: 500
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

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.