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A Short History Of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, And When Humankind Has Gotten Merry From The Stone Age To The Present,Used
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From The Internationally Bestselling Author Of The Etymologicon, A Lively And Fascinating Exploration Of How, Throughout History, Each Civilization Has Found A Way To Celebrate, Or To Control, The Eternal Human Drive To Get Sloshedan Entertaining Bar Hop Though The Past 10,000 Years.The New York Times Book Reviewalmost Every Culture On Earth Has Drink, And Where Theres Drink Theres Drunkenness. But In Every Age And In Every Place Drunkenness Is A Little Bit Different. It Can Be Religious, It Can Be Sexual, It Can Be The Duty Of Kings Or The Relief Of Peasants. It Can Be An Offering To The Ancestors, Or A Way Of Marking The End Of A Days Work. It Can Send You To Sleep, Or Send You Into Battle.Making Stops All Over The World, A Short History Of Drunkenness Traces Humankinds Love Affair With Booze From Our Primate Ancestors Through To The Twentieth Century, Answering Every Possible Question Along The Way: What Did People Drink? How Much? Who Did The Drinking? Of The Many Possible Reasons, Why? On The Way, Learn About The Neolithic Shamans, Who Drank To Communicate With The Spirit World (No Pun Intended), Marvel At How Greeks Got Giddy And Sumerians Got Sauced, And Find Out How Bars In The Wild West Were Never Quite Like In The Movies.This Is A History Of The World At Its Inebriated Best.
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