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Vodka
Patricia Herlihy
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Description for Vodka
Hardcover. Vodka: A Global History describes vodka's complete history, from its emergence in Eastern Europe to its future as a global beverage. Attractively illustrated with photographs, paintings and graphic art, this title provides an engaging account of the rise of vodka. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 360.
A tasteless, odourless and colourless liquid, vodka is the most versatile of spirits. It can be transformed into a classic cocktail; turned into a refreshing drink when combined with fruit juice, tonic water, or ginger beer; or is a powerful beverage in its own right, taken neat and swallowed in one gulp, Russian style. Vodka has endured many obstacles, continuing to flourish despite the American Prohibition and a ban in Russia on the eve of World War One. As one saying suggests, it has engrained itself in Russian society: 'the poor drink when they can and the rich when they ... Read more
A tasteless, odourless and colourless liquid, vodka is the most versatile of spirits. It can be transformed into a classic cocktail; turned into a refreshing drink when combined with fruit juice, tonic water, or ginger beer; or is a powerful beverage in its own right, taken neat and swallowed in one gulp, Russian style. Vodka has endured many obstacles, continuing to flourish despite the American Prohibition and a ban in Russia on the eve of World War One. As one saying suggests, it has engrained itself in Russian society: 'the poor drink when they can and the rich when they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Edible
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861899293
SKU
V9781861899293
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About Patricia Herlihy
Patricia Herlihy is Emeritus Professor of History at Brown University, Rhode Island, and the Louise Doherty Wyant Professor at Emmanuel College, Boston. She is author of Odessa: A History, 1794-1914 (1986) and The Alcoholic Empire: Vodka and Politics and Late Imperial Russia (2002).
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