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1、"Historians,understandably,devotemostoftheirattentiontowar,politicsand,notleast,money.Buthistorycanalsobeseenthroughtheprismofthecommoditiesthatmoneybuys.InAHistoryoftheWorldinSixGlasses,TomStandagearguesthatbeer,wine,spirits,coffee,teaandcolahaveeach,intheirownway,helpedtoshapethecourseofh
2、istory."—MatthewRees,WallStreetJournal"WhenStandagedecidedtofollowhisreadablestudyofan18th-centurychess-playingautomaton,TheTurk,withabookaboutsixbeveragesthatreallydidchangetheworld,hehadthegracetotakeboththetitleandthestoryinanewdirection."—StephenMeuse,BostonGlobe"Memorablefacts...abound
3、inTomStandage'sdelightfulAHistoryoftheWorldinSixGlasses."—JeffreyTannenbaum,Bloomberg.com"Aclever,tightretellingofhumanhistoryasitrefractsthroughsixbeverages:beer,wine,spirits,tea,coffeeandCoca-Cola...RaiseaglasstoStandageforwritingthisone.Hisworkallowsustoponderthehistorycontainedinthedrin
4、kswebringtoourlips."—ClevelandPlainDealer"Thebookmakesaneasyandagreeableread,neverseemingdiscursiveorunwieldy,despitethevastamountofgrounditcovers.I'llhappilyraisemyglasstothat."—YilingChen-Josephson,Newsday"Aromp,offeringasystematicchronologyofhumanaffairsfromaspecificviewpoint...Anengagin
5、gthesis...Thisthesishappenstoviewinstructivelythepanoramaofhistorythroughdrink;Isayskoal!"—PhilipKopper,WashingtonTimes"Standagestartswithaboldhypothesis—thateachepoch,fromtheStoneAgetothepresent,hashaditssignaturebeverage—andtakesreadersonanextraordinarytripthroughworldhistory.TheEconomist
6、'stechnologyeditorhastheabilitytoconnectthesmallestdetailtothebigpictureandaknackforsummarizingvastconceptsinafewsentences."—PublishersWeekly(starredreview)"History,alongwithabitoftechnology,etymology,chemistryandbibulousentertainment.Bottomsup!"—KirkusReviewsALSOBYTOMSTANDAGETheNeptuneFile
7、TheTurkTheVictorianInternetAHISTORYoftheWORLDin6GLASSESTOMSTANDAGECopyright©2005byTomStandageAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisherexceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincri
