Soda and Fizzy Drinks
«“A sweeping history of soft drinks . . . [that includes] coverage of patent medicines, the science of fizz, the politics and worldwide spread of Coke and Pepsi, and the wide range of ingredients, drugs, and sweeteners that have gone into these drinks.”»
Mark Pendergrast, author of "For God, Country and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great Ame
More than 80 years before the invention of Coca-Cola, sweet carbonated drinks became popular around the world, provoking remarkably similar arguments that they do today. Are they medicinally, morally, culturally or nutritionally good or bad? They have been loved – and hated – for being cold or sweet or fizzy or stimulating. Les mer
This book looks at how something made from water, sugar and soda became big business but also became deeply important to people; fizzy drinks’ symbolic meanings are far more complex than the water, gas and sugar from which they are made.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Reaktion Books
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781789144918
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 20 x 12 cm
Anmeldelser
«“A sweeping history of soft drinks . . . [that includes] coverage of patent medicines, the science of fizz, the politics and worldwide spread of Coke and Pepsi, and the wide range of ingredients, drugs, and sweeteners that have gone into these drinks.”»
Mark Pendergrast, author of "For God, Country and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great Ame