Planet of the Grapes
A Geography of Wine
Seiten
2017
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4408-5438-5 (ISBN)
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4408-5438-5 (ISBN)
A fascinating and comprehensive introduction to the geography, culture, and history of wine that identifies the significance of this simple beverage throughout human history and today.
Wine was one the key founding foods of Western culture (bread and oil being the other two). It has played a key role in human history for thousands of years, having been used for enjoyment, rituals, and religious purposes; today, the production and consumption of wine is a billion-dollar industry that plays an important role in the global economy. Planet of the Grapes: A Geography of Wine provides an interesting and accessible lens through which students can learn about geography, culture, society, history, religion, and the environment. The chapters cover the historical geography of wine, document how drinking wine has often been condemned as a vice, and describe wines by region and type, thereby providing a cultural geography of wine.
Readers will learn about the historical geography of wine, terroir (the environmental conditions that affect grape crops), grape biogeography, the process of winemaking from a geographic perspective, the economic global significance of the wine trade, the ongoing love-hate relationship between wine and government, and what makes individual wine regions distinct. The content is written to be comprehensible to individuals without detailed previous knowledge about wine but provides detailed information and insight that wine connoisseurs will find engaging. Additionally, through the story of wine comes a unique telling of the social transformations in America that have resulted from sources such as anti-immigrant sentiment, pseudoscience, and censorship.
Wine was one the key founding foods of Western culture (bread and oil being the other two). It has played a key role in human history for thousands of years, having been used for enjoyment, rituals, and religious purposes; today, the production and consumption of wine is a billion-dollar industry that plays an important role in the global economy. Planet of the Grapes: A Geography of Wine provides an interesting and accessible lens through which students can learn about geography, culture, society, history, religion, and the environment. The chapters cover the historical geography of wine, document how drinking wine has often been condemned as a vice, and describe wines by region and type, thereby providing a cultural geography of wine.
Readers will learn about the historical geography of wine, terroir (the environmental conditions that affect grape crops), grape biogeography, the process of winemaking from a geographic perspective, the economic global significance of the wine trade, the ongoing love-hate relationship between wine and government, and what makes individual wine regions distinct. The content is written to be comprehensible to individuals without detailed previous knowledge about wine but provides detailed information and insight that wine connoisseurs will find engaging. Additionally, through the story of wine comes a unique telling of the social transformations in America that have resulted from sources such as anti-immigrant sentiment, pseudoscience, and censorship.
Robert Sechrist, PhD, is professor of geography at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, where he has taught for 30 years.
Preface
A Note on Numbers and Maps
Introduction: The World of Wine
1. The Historical Geography of Wine
2. The Biogeography of the Vine
3. Terroir
4. How Wine Is Made
5. Tasting Wine
6. Wine in the Global Economy
7. Wines of the European Union
8. Wines of the Southern Hemisphere
9. Wine in North America
10. Frontiers
11. Modern Wine Containers
12. Cultural Geography of Wine
Conclusion
Appendix A: Affirmation of Grape Variety Produced in Commercial Quantities by Country of Origin
Appendix B: North American Wine History
Appendix C: Wine Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.06.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 bw illus |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 652 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie | |
| Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4408-5438-6 / 1440854386 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4408-5438-5 / 9781440854385 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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