Uncorking the past : the quest for wine, beer, and other alcoholic beverages / Patrick E. McGovern.

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009], ©2009.

xv, 330 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Homo Imbibens : I drink, therefore I am -- Along the banks of the Yellow River -- The Near Eastern challenge -- Following the Silk Road -- European bogs, grogs, burials, and binges -- Sailing the wine-dark Mediterranean -- The sweet, the bitter, and the aromatic in the New World -- Africa serves up its meads, wines, and beers -- Alcoholic beverages : whence and whither?

Includes bibliographical references and index.