Este autor se inspira en su juventud en el sur de Estados Unidos, profundamente influenciado por los espíritus irrompibles de los adultos que conoció. Sus extensos viajes por el mundo enriquecen su escritura con una perspectiva más amplia, pero permanece firmemente arraigado en la tierra de su patria. A través de sus narrativas, celebra la resiliencia y el espíritu indomable de aquellos que moldearon su comprensión del heroísmo.
Present economics as an objective science free from value judgements; that settles disputes by testing hypotheses; that applies a pre-determined body of principles; and contains policy prescriptions supported by a consensus of professional opinion. It shows how real economics is much more interesting than most economists are willing to let on.
The Beat Movement, which first rose to attention in 1955, has often been viewed by critics as an urban phenomenon ―the product of a postwar-youth culture with roots in the cities of New York and San Francisco. This study examines another side of the Beat its strong desire for a reconnection with nature. Although each took a different path in attaining this goal, the writers considered here―Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, and Michael McClure―sought a new and closer connection to the natural world. These four writers, along with many of their counterparts in the Beat era, provided a crucial spark that helped to ignite the environmental movement of the 1970s and provided the foundation for the development of the current "Deep Ecology" worldview.
Filled with riveting stories and profound insights, an entertaining guide to the world of wine travels the world, recreating each of the wonderful eras of wine consumption, with their varied values and palates, and detailing the anbundance of wine that has been consumed and enjoyed. Reprint.
Alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In this book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, uncovering the tensions between alcoholic drinks as healthy staples of daily diets and as objects of social, political, and religious anxiety.
"A fascinating book that belongs on every wine lover’s bookshelf."—The Wine Economist "It’s a book to read for its unstoppable torrent of fascinating and often surprising details."—Andrew Jefford, Decanter For centuries, wine has been associated with France more than with any other country. France remains one of the world’s leading wine producers by volume and enjoys unrivaled cultural recognition for its wine. If any wine regions are global household names, they are French regions such as Champagne, Bordeaux, and Burgundy. Within the wine world, products from French regions are still benchmarks for many wines. French Wine is the first synthetic history of wine in France: from Etruscan, Greek, and Roman imports and the adoption of wine by beer-drinking Gauls to its present status within the global marketplace. Rod Phillips places the history of grape growing and winemaking in each of the country’s major regions within broad historical and cultural contexts. Examining a range of influences on the wine industry, wine trade, and wine itself, the book explores religion, economics, politics, revolution, and war, as well as climate and vine diseases. French Wine is the essential reference on French wine for collectors, consumers, sommeliers, and industry professionals.