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
Author Robert Evans
Binding Kindle Edition
EISBN 9780698407039
Format Kindle eBook
Label Plume
Manufacturer Plume
NumberOfPages 270
PublicationDate 2016-08-09
Publisher Plume
ReleaseDate 2016-08-09
Studio Plume

Country	USA
Author	Robert Evans
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780698407039
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Plume
Manufacturer	Plume
NumberOfPages	270
PublicationDate	2016-08-09
Publisher	Plume
ReleaseDate	2016-08-09
Studio	Plume

A Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization

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