Gina Hames

Alcohol in World History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the origins of drinking to the use and abuse of alcohol in the present day, Alcohol in World History combines archaeological evidence with historical case studies to produce a fascinating exploration of drink and its cultural meanings in contemporary society

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780415311519
• ISBN-10: 0415311519
• Artikelnr.: 42344785

Autorenporträt

Gina Hames is an assistant professor at Pacific Lutheran University. Her research interests include alcohol and the creation of identity in early twentieth-century Bolivia and in late twentieth-and early twenty-first century United States

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Chapter 1. The Origins of Alcohol Chapter 2. Alcohol and the
Spread of Culture in the Classical Period Chapter 3. Alcohol, Cultural
Development and the Rise of Trade in the Post-Classical and Early Modern
World Chapter 4. Colonizers and the Colonized: Alcohol in the Fifteenth
through the Nineteenth Centuries Chapter 5. Alcohol, Industrialization and
Temperance in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Chapter 6.
Imperialism and Alcohol in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Chapter 7. Alcohol and Globalization, Westernization and Tradition in the
Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. Conclusion