A Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization

A Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization

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

History has never been more funâ€”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.Â CrackedÂ 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 womenâ€™s rights to the beer that helped createâ€”and destroyâ€”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. Youâ€™ll learn how to:
â€¢Â Trip like a Greek philosopher.
â€¢Â Rave like your Stone Age ancestors.
â€¢Â Get drunk like a Sumerian.
â€¢Â Smoke a nose pipe like a preâ€“Columbian Native American.

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.

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Plume
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-08-09
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Plume
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-08-09
Format	Kindle eBook

A Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization

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