| Description |
xxiii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. On the Trail of the Earliest Wines: From the Fertile Crescent to Egypt -- 2. Democratic Drinking: Wine in Ancient Greece and Rome -- 3. Were The 'Dark Ages' The Dry Ages?: Europe 500-1000 A.D. -- 4. Wine Resurgent: The Middle Ages, 1000-1500 -- 5. New Wines, New Skills: The Revolution in Alcohol, 1500-1700 -- 6. Wine in New Worlds: The Americas, Africa and Australia, 1500-1800 -- 7. Wine, Enlightenment and Revolution: Europe in the Eighteenth Century -- 8. Towards an Age of Promise: Uncertainty and Prosperity, 1800-1870 -- 9. A Time of Troubles: Wine and its Enemies, 1870-1950 -- 10. Into the Light: A Half-century of Prosperity, 1950-2000 -- Appendix. Historical Measures of Wine |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-344) and index |
| Subject |
Wine -- Social aspects -- History.
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Wine -- Anecdotes.
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Wine and wine making -- History.
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Wine and wine making.
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Wine and wine making -- Anecdotes.
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Wine and wine making -- Social aspects -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| LC no. |
00341879 |
| ISBN |
0713994320 |
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