Drink by Andrew Barr

Drink by Andrew Barr

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free UK delivery over £5
  • 10% off preloved books when you join +Plus
  • Buying preloved emits 46% less CO2 than new
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Drink by Andrew Barr

This is not a book for would-be wine connoisseurs, nor a tract written for or against the pleasures of alcohol. It is an exploration of our drinking habits, our reasons for drinking, our choice of drinks, and the way these have changed through history. Naturally it covers wine and beer in all their variety, but it ranges over the whole field of drink consumption from distilled spirits to mineral water and from chocolate to Coco-Cola, and it sets them in the context of our changing life-style. Licensing laws and lager louts; the British invention of champagne; Gin Lane; expresso bars; Victorian dinners and the psychology of the British beer drinker: these are just a handful of the topics touched on in this survey of one of mankind's favourite activities. Other work by the author includes "Wine Snobbery: An Insider's Guide"
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780593035108
ISBN 10 0593035100
Title Drink
Author Andrew Barr
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published 1995-11-09
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.