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_b.W5 2005
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100 1 _aWild, Antony,
_d1955-
245 1 0 _aCoffee :
_ba dark history /
_cAntony Wild
250 _a1st American ed
264 1 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton,
_c2005
300 _axi, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-310) and index
505 0 _a1. The way we live now -- 2. Origins -- 3. Enter the dragon -- 4. The mocha trade -- 5. Coffee and societies -- 6. The fall of mocha -- 7. Slavery and the coffee colonies -- 8. The continental system and Napoleon's alternative to coffee -- 9. Napoleon and St. Helena -- 10. Slavery, Brazil, and coffee -- 11. The great exhibition -- 12. Harar and Rimbaud : the cradle and the crucible -- 13. Modern times -- 14. Coffee, science, and history -- 15. The battle of the hemispheres -- 16. Fair trade -- 17. Espresso : the Esperanto of coffee -- 18. The heart of darkness -- Coda -- Appendix. The find at Kush
520 1 _a""From obscure beginnings in east Africa in the fifteenth century as a stimulant in religious devotion, coffee became an imperial commodity, produced by poor tropical countries and consumed by rich temperate ones. Through the centuries, the influence of coffee on the rise of capitalism and its institutions has been enormous. Revolutions were once hatched in coffeehouses, commercial alliances were forged, secret societies were formed, and politics and art were endlessly debated. Today, while coffee chains spread like wildfire, coffee-producing countries are in crisis: with prices at a historic low, they are plagued by unprecedented unemployment, abandoned farms, enforced migration, and massive social disruption.""--Jacket
650 0 _aCoffee
650 0 _aCoffee
_xHistory
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