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A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth 🍷

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Hungry Books is presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food history writer, cook and author.

Episode 9

Throughout history and across cultures alcohol has been our faithful companion. We have bestowed upon it meanings and functions in our lives and cultures, and wether we consume it or not we are not indifferent to its existence and the power it has in our societies.

A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present by Mark Forsyth is a little, sharp, relentless funny and enlightening read that takes us into a wild historical journey and into different cultures, places and times where alcohol shaped the fait of humans in such a profound way, that it still echoes our to this very day.

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Links mentioned on today’s episode:

🔗The Symposium by Plato https://amzn.to/2X9THOx

🔗The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai (Li Po) https://amzn.to/2MxcUHE

🔗The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey https://amzn.to/3rWHJG4

🔗The Annales School: An Intellectual History by Andre Burguiere https://amzn.to/2MgWUcH

🔗Article: Who is Madame Geneva, and why should you care? by Jeffrey Stratton.

https://tinyurl.com/y3dfddud

🔗Interview Interview 🎤 with Dr. Deborah Toner: The cultural history of pulque http://bit.ly/35xOwwq

Contact the author:

🔗Twitter https://twitter.com/Inkyfool

🔗Instagram https://www.instagram.com/markforsythauthor/