Fizz how soda shook up the world / Tristan Donovan.

Author/creator Donovan, Tristan
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2014]
Description282 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
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Abstract "This social, cultural, and culinary history charts soda's remarkable, world-changing journey from awe-inspiring natural mystery to ubiquity. Off-the-wall and offbeat stories abound, including how quack medicine peddlers spawned some of the world's biggest brands, how fizzy pop cashed in on Prohibition, how soda helped presidents reach the White House, and even how Pepsi influenced Apple's marketing of the iPod. This history of carbonated drinks follows a seemingly simple everyday refreshment as it zinged and pinged over society's taste buds and, in doing so, changed the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract "The story of soda is the story of the modern world, a tale of glamorous bubbles, sparkling dreams, big bucks, miracle cures, and spreading waistlines. FIZZ: HOW SODA SHOOK UP THE WORLD charts soda's remarkable, world-changing journey from awe-inspiring natural mystery to ubiquitous presence in all our lives. Along the way you'll meet the quack medicine peddlers who spawned some of the world's biggest brands with their all-healing concoctions, as well as the grandees of science and medicine mesmerized by the magic of bubbling water. You'll discover how fizzy pop cashed in on Prohibition, helped presidents reach the White House, and became public health enemy number one. You'll learn how Pepsi put the fizz in Apple's marketing and how soda's sticky sweet allure defined and built nations. And you'll find out how a soda-loving snail rewrote the law books. Fizz tells the extraordinary tale of how a seemingly simple everyday refreshment zinged and pinged over our taste buds and, in doing so, changed the world around us"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-269) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013023222
ISBN9781613747223 (pbk.)

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