Tom Standage: 9 books

Internet, Facebook e Twitter sono considerati strumenti che hanno rivoluzionato il nostro modo di comunicare; ma a ben guardare quella dei social network, più che una rivoluzione, è una storia plurisecolare che inizia con Cicerone e l’impero romano. L’uomo infatti condivide e scambia da sempre...

New York Times Bestseller From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history. Written with authority and charm by journalist Tom Standage, A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens...

From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, the story of social media from ancient Rome to the Arab Spring and beyond. Social media is anything but a new phenomenon. From the papyrus letters that Cicero and other Roman statesmen used to exchange news, to the hand-printed...

La disponibilità d'acqua vincola da sempre le sorti dell'umanità, generando fortune e catastrofi, prosperità e guerre: eppure la più antica delle bevande non è l'unica ad aver condizionato la nostra storia. Fotografando cinquemila anni di eventi, Tom Standage getta una nuova luce sulle vicende...

The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses charts an enlightening history of humanity through the foods we eat. Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition,...

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A new edition of the first book by the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses-the fascinating story of the telegraph, the world's first "Internet," which revolutionized the nineteenth century even more than the Internet has the twentieth and twenty first. The Victorian...

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