From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human historyThroughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority
The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses brilliantly charts how foods have transformed human culture through the ages. Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social
The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses charts the enlightening history of humanity through the foods we eat. More than simply sustenance, food historically has been a kind of t
From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation shapes civilization.Tom Standage’s fleet-footed global histories have delighted readers and cemented his reputation as one of our leading interpreters of technologies past and present. Now, he returns with a provocative account of a sometimes-overlooked form of technology―personal transportation―and explores how it has shaped societies and cultures over millennia.Beginning around 3,500 BCE with the wheel―a device that didn’t catch on until a couple thousand years after its invention―Standage zips through the eras of horsepower, trains, and bicycles, revealing how each mode of transit embedded itself in the world we live in, from the geography of our cities, to our experience of time, to our notions of gender. Then, delving into the history of the automobile’s development, Standage explores the social resistance to cars and th
From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening jaunt through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization. Tom Stand
A new paperback edition of the first book by the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses—the fascinating story of the telegraph, the world’s first “Internet,”
