Beer: A Global Journey Through the Past and Present

by John W. Arthur and John Wood Arthur

Book Overview

A fascinating exploration of beer, ancient and contemporary, and its role in shaping human society

Beer is and has always been more than an intoxicating beverage. Ancient beer produced in the Near East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas was a food that had a remarkable role in shaping the development of agriculture and some of the earliest state-level societies. Its invention 13,000 years ago was one of the fundamental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197776981
• ISBN13: 9780197776988
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.6"