Cover of Beeronomics

Book 2017

Beeronomics

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Published
2017
  • Brewing industry
  • Beer
  • History
  • Economic aspects
  • Social aspects

Beer has played a pivotal role in history, from the transition to an agarian lifestyle in ancient Mesopotamia to bankrolling Britain's imperialist conquests. Beeronomics tells the story of beer through economics, the innovations it brought, and how its strategic taxation and regulation helped shape the world.