Introduction. Vital Fluids
Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt
1. A Stone-Age Brew
2. Civilized Beer
Wine in Greece and Rome
3. The Delight of Wine
4. The Imperial Vine
Spirits in the Colonial Period
5. High Spirits, High Seas
6. The Drinks That Built America
Coffee in the Age of Reason
7. The Great Soberer
8. The Coffeehouse Internet
Tea and the British Empire
9. Empires of Tea
10. Tea Power
Coca-Cola and the Rise of America
11. From Soda to Cola
12. Globalization in a Bottle
Epilogue Back to the Source
Acknowledgments
Appendix In Search of Ancient Drinks
Notes
Sources