A History Of The World In 6 Glasses Chapter Summaries

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Tom Standage wrote A History of the World in 6 Glasses to show how history can be summarized by drinks. Standage starts off the book by saying, “Thirst is deadlier than hunger” (1). Standage used that to set the stage and show the importance of drinks in the world. Standage didn’t just connect a drink to a country for the fun of it. Standage used extensive research to find what drink made that country or region explode. Throughout the book Standage used economic reasons to base his assumptions of the drinks that symbolize the countries. Standage started every chapter with history about the country or region, then slowly flowed to how the drink symbolized the area later in the chapter. Standage likes to use analogies to explain history because