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A Short History of Drunkenness

de Mark Forsyth

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"Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. A Brief History of Drunkenness traces humankind's love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to Prohibition and modern Japanese Nomikai. On the way, learn about the Neolithic Shamans, who drank to communicate with the spirit world (no pun intended), marvel at the beer King Midas was buried with, and attempt to resist the urge to try the Aztecs' alcoholic hot chocolate. From Australia's only military coup - the Rum Rebellion - to the gin epidemic of eighteenth-century London, Forsyth elegantly presents a history of the world at its inebriated best."--Publisher's description.… (mais)
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1. Introducere - pag. 5
2. Capitolul 1. Evolutia - pag. 11
3. Capitolul 2. Preistoria consumului de alcool - pag. 21
4. Capitolul 3. Barurile sumeriene - pag. 27
5. Capitolul 4. Egiptul antic - pag. 41
6. Capitolul 5. Simpozionul grecesc - pag. 55
7. Capitolul 6. Bautura in China antica - pag. 68
8. Capitolul 7. Biblia - pag. 76
9. Capitolul 8. Conviviumul roman - pag. 86
10. Capitolul 9. Evul intunecat - pag. 99
11. Capitolul 10. Bautura in Orientul Mijlociu - pag. 109
12. Capitolul 11. Sumbl-ul viking - pag. 126
13. Capitolul 12. Beraria medievala - pag. 137
14. Capitolul 13. Aztecii - pag. 151
15. Capitolul 14. Moda ginului - pag. 158
16. Capitolul 15. Australia - pag. 177
17. Capitolul 16. Carciuma din Vestul Salbatic - pag. 190
18. Capitolul 17. Rusia - pag. 210
19. Capitolul 18. Prohibitia - pag. 221
20. Epilog - pag. 237
21. Bibliografie - pag. 243
22. Multumiri - pag. 255
23. Index - pag. 257 ( )
  Toma_Radu_Szoha | Apr 20, 2023 |
I think this might have been designed as a stocking-filler book. Jocular and light-hearted tone, but it is actually a proper book and even has references if you want to read more. It’s arranged as a series of essays on various drinking cultures down through time. It’s a bit like a having a chat about drinking with an amusing chap who has had no more than one and a half glasses of wine. ( )
  Lukerik | Dec 20, 2022 |
A Short History of Drunkenness is a collection of humorous short essays about drinking to excess across time and cultures. It’s a great format for an audiobook, because you can listen to it one short chapter at a time, or soak in many chapters as you go about your day. The whole audiobook is only five and a half hours long, so you could easily get it done in one day.

Forsyth drops lots of interesting tidbits as he illuminates the social importance of alcohol and its effects on societies across history. He takes us from prehistoric times through the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Huns, Vikings, and on up to America’s Prohibition.

The author doesn’t always get his facts straight, like the statement that alcohol has been preferred over other drugs by societies through history, which seems a somewhat Eurocentric statement that gives short shrift to indigenous North American cultures, among others). On the other hand, I thought he did an excellent job of sussing out truth from myth when taking on American Prohibition.

As you’d expect from the title, this is light reading rather than serious history. In fact, I’d challenge you to read / listen to the book without at least cracking a smile (or more likely many). Forsyth succeeds in making his history of drunkenness a brisk and entertaining read.

The author is perhaps best known for his earlier, and similarly witty, books about the English language (The Etymologicon, The Horologicon, and The Elements of Eloquence). This book came out in 2018 in print and audiobook editions.

Narrator Simon Vance has done several other audiobooks, though this is the first one I’ve listened to. Like the author he is British, and brings a smooth delivery to the book with just the right tone that brings the humor home.

I’m just now getting around to indulging in this book, after having seen a rave review earlier this year on (if I recall correctly) Bookstagram. I can definitely add my recommendation, particularly of the audiobook version.

RATING: Four Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ( )
  stevesbookstuff | Aug 6, 2022 |
I love Mark Forsyth's writing. I think I've read (and own) everything he's written and I've yet to be let down. He's got the dry, British humor in spades and his writing is always excellent. His original bibliography focused on etymology, but he's lately broken out into short, but focused, histories.

Forsyth makes it clear from the start that this is not a comprehensive history of drunkenness; that would be a comprehensive history of humanity. But he does break it down into a very easy to follow, somewhat linear timeline, with each chapter focused on a specific culture, or age. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, but it turns out ancient Greeks got a bad rap; when it comes to partying they had nothing on ancient Egyptians. Or late 19th/early 20th century Russians. Holy crap.

The book ends in more or less modern times, but Forsyth does revisit America in the last chapter; specifically Prohibition and Did it work?. Half my family was in Chicago during Prohibition and the other half was in Florida, with a constant stream of 'revenuers' and bootleggers coming through the tiny fishing village called home, so I'm not sure I entirely buy his premise that Prohibition was a success. On the other hand, my family's history would give me exactly the skewed perspective that would make me dubious. No matter what my opinion is, his take on Prohibition was fascinating and (to me) an entirely new way of viewing the 18th amendment experiment.

But the best part, the very best part of the book, for me, is something only a few here will immediately appreciate, and it's this, from a quote in the chapter on the American Wild West:

"The saturnalia commenced on Christmas evening, at the Humboldt [saloon]..." ( )
  murderbydeath | Jan 28, 2022 |
"La borrachera es una plaga y una asesina, un regalo de los dioses. Es necesaria para el monje y es la sangre del mesías. la borrachera es una manera de experimentar a dios como también un dios en sí".

A través de reseñas breves y rápidas de leer, el autor repasa la borrachera y su influencia social, política, cultural y económica desde que el hombre aprendió a andar en dos patas hasta uno de los capítulos más icónicos en la historia del alcohol, como es la Prohibición estadounidense de los años 20 y 30.

Divertido, con un típico humor británico y de lectura fácil, es un libro que permite ir conociendo detalles interesantes de las borracheras y de cómo el alcohol actuaba en las sociedades, desmitificando elementos que nos han quedado en nuestra memoria colectiva, como los pubs británicos o los saloons del Oeste norteamericano. Se percibe una buena documentación y está lleno de datos interesantes, los cuales están presentados de forma amena.

Para quien quiere darle un marco más serio y solemne al simple acto de "empinar el codo", este es un libro más que recomendado. ( )
  JoseContrerasC | Jan 28, 2021 |
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"Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. A Brief History of Drunkenness traces humankind's love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to Prohibition and modern Japanese Nomikai. On the way, learn about the Neolithic Shamans, who drank to communicate with the spirit world (no pun intended), marvel at the beer King Midas was buried with, and attempt to resist the urge to try the Aztecs' alcoholic hot chocolate. From Australia's only military coup - the Rum Rebellion - to the gin epidemic of eighteenth-century London, Forsyth elegantly presents a history of the world at its inebriated best."--Publisher's description.

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