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Lemur [1.5K]
3 years ago
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Guided Reading Questions--OPTIONAL A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage Consider these questions as you read th

rough the book. You might address some of these topics/ideas in your journal entries . . . Introduction—“Vital Fluids” 1. What is the author’s main thesis (argument) in setting up his book? Why/how are these fluids “vital”?
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BaLLatris [955]3 years ago
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The author,Tom Standage, argues that deliberately-made beverages represent a variety of roles and commemorations to their respective societies and world history. He believes that these beverages symbolize the time periods, cultures, and achievements of their respective eras.

Standage asserts that the six fluids of beer, wine, spirits, tea, coffee, and Cocoa Cola are vital to understanding the histories of, " ... agriculture, philosophy, religion, medicine, technology, and commerce ..."

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