Patrick E. McGovern

Uncorking the Past

The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. This title offers information on what we know about how humans created and enjoyed fermented beverages across cultures. It also explores a provocative hypothesis about the integral role such libations have played in human evolution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780520267985
• ISBN-10: 0520267982
• Artikelnr.: 29920018

Autorenporträt

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.