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A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Short History of Drunkenness about?
THE PERFECT READ FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS A TIPPLE . . . OR TWO . . . OR TEN! 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. Tracing humankind's love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to Prohibition, it answers every possible question: What did people drink? How much? Who did the drinking? Of the many possible reasons, why? On the way, learn about the Neolithic Shaman
Who reads A Short History of Drunkenness?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mark Forsyth
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780241980101
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- A short history of drunkenness : how, why, where, and when humankind has gotten merry from the Stone Age to the Present (2017)
- A Short History of Drunkenness : How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present (2018)
- Краткая история пьянства : от каменного века до наших дней : что, где, когда и по какому поводу (2018)
- A Short History of Drunkenness (2018)
- A Short History of Drunkenness (2019)