A short history of drunkenness
Forsyth, Mark2018
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Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's 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 day's work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. This book traces humankind's love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to Prohibition.
Main title:
A short history of drunkenness / Mark Forsyth.
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Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2018.
Collation:
v, 247 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: UK: Viking, 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241359242 (pbk)
Dewey class:
394.1'3'09394.1309
Language:
English
BRN:
2656664
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