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A brief history of vice : how bad behavior built civilization / Robert Evans.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : A Plume Book, [2016]Description: xii, 259 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780147517609 (hardcover)
  • 0147517605 (hardcover)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Mother Nature: History's First Bartender -- Music: The First Drug? -- Celebrity Worship and the Greek Who Predicted TMZ -- How Drunken Parties Birthed (and Broke) Civilizations -- How Bad Behavior Saved Civilization -- Godstitution: The Hidden History of Sex Work -- Drugs, the Birth of Religion, and How to Trip Like a Philosopher -- Ancient Greek and the Birth of Science -- Tobacco and Marijuana: Twins Displaced by Time -- Drugged Cultures and Acid Wars -- The Shrub That Conquered the World -- The Coffee-Drinking Bad Boys of Ancient Islam -- How We Evolved to Be Kinky -- The Hijacking of Genius: A Deep History of Designer Drugs -- The Curious History of Salamander Brandy.
Summary: "Including interviews with experts and original experimentation, a part history, part how-to guide explores some of humanity's most prominent vices and provides an explanation for how each of them helped humans rise to the top of the food chain. By the editorial manager of Cracked,"--NoveList.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 179.809 E92 Available 33111008521995
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time, A Brief History of Vice explores a side of the past that mainstream history books prefer to hide.History has never been more fun-or more intoxicating.

Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern man, but booze, sex, trash talk, and tripping built our civilization. Cracked editor Robert Evans brings his signature dogged research and lively insight to uncover the many and magnificent ways vice has influenced history, from the prostitute-turned-empress who scored a major victory for women's rights to the beer that helped create-and destroy-South America's first empire. And Evans goes deeper than simply writing about ancient debauchery; he recreates some of history's most enjoyable (and most painful) vices and includes guides so you can follow along at home.

You'll learn how to-

.Trip like a Greek philosopher.
.Rave like your Stone Age ancestors.
.Get drunk like a Sumerian.
.Smoke a nose pipe like a pre-Columbian Native American.

"Mixing science, humor, and grossly irresponsible self-experimentation, Evans paints a vivid picture of how bad habits built the world we know and love."-David Wong, author of John Dies at the End

The word brief appear in parentheses.

Mother Nature: History's First Bartender -- Music: The First Drug? -- Celebrity Worship and the Greek Who Predicted TMZ -- How Drunken Parties Birthed (and Broke) Civilizations -- How Bad Behavior Saved Civilization -- Godstitution: The Hidden History of Sex Work -- Drugs, the Birth of Religion, and How to Trip Like a Philosopher -- Ancient Greek and the Birth of Science -- Tobacco and Marijuana: Twins Displaced by Time -- Drugged Cultures and Acid Wars -- The Shrub That Conquered the World -- The Coffee-Drinking Bad Boys of Ancient Islam -- How We Evolved to Be Kinky -- The Hijacking of Genius: A Deep History of Designer Drugs -- The Curious History of Salamander Brandy.

"Including interviews with experts and original experimentation, a part history, part how-to guide explores some of humanity's most prominent vices and provides an explanation for how each of them helped humans rise to the top of the food chain. By the editorial manager of Cracked,"--NoveList.

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