Importing the modern beer industry into Egypt -- A star rises: Stella and the Egyptian beer industry, 1920-1940 -- Crowning the pyramid: the Egyptian beer industry's "mature" period, 1940-1952 -- Stella is always delicious: selling beer in the time of Nasser, 1952-1958 -- A Pan-Arab brew: Stella...

From barley to barstool, the art and science of beer -- Pioneer brewing, 1835-1860 -- Encouraging home industry, 1855-1915 -- The leading industry, 1860-1920 -- Milwaukee-queen of lager, 1865-1915 -- Oasis in the dry years, 1840-1932 -- Back to work, off to war, 1932-1955 -- The American way of...

"Nineteenth-century Cuba led the world in sugar manufacture and technological innovation was central to this. Along with steam-powered machinery came migrant engineers, indispensable aliens who were well rewarded for their efforts. But they remained perennial outsiders, symbolic of Cuba's...