Alcohol: A History

Author/Contributor(s):	Phillips, Rod
Publisher:	University of North Carolina Press
Date:	02/01/2019
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Whether as wine, beer, or spirits, alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, uncovering the tensions between alcoholic drinks as healthy staples of daily diets and as objects of social, political, and religious anxiety.