ABSTRACT
Very few books have products as diverse as those of the grape vine: even fewer have products with such a cultural significance. Wine and the Vine provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present. It considers wine as both a unique expression of the interaction of people in a particular environment, rich in symbol and meaning, and a commercial product of great economic importance to particular regions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |26 pages
Themes in the Historical Geography of Viticulture
chapter |31 pages
Viticulture and Vindication
chapter |40 pages
Wine in the Graeco-Roman Economy
chapter |32 pages
Viticulture and Wine in the Early Middle Ages
chapter |38 pages
Medieval Viticulture and the Wine Trade
chapter |28 pages
Wine in the Age of Discovery
chapter |37 pages
Capital in the Sphere of Production
chapter |47 pages
The Dominance of Capital in the Twentieth Century
Demarcation, Sectoral Integration and the Creation of Fashion
