The world of caffeine : the science and culture of the world's most popular drug / Bennett Alan Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer.

Author/creator Weinberg, Bennett Alan
Other author Bealer, Bonnie K.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, ©2001.
Descriptionxxi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents pt. 1. Caffeine in history -- 1. Coffee : Arabian origins -- 2. Tea : Asian origins -- 3. Cacao : American origins -- pt. 2. Europe wakes up to caffeine -- 4. Monks and men-at-arms : Europe's first caffeine connections -- 5. The caffeine trade supplants the spice trade : tea and coffee come to the west -- 6. The late adopters : Germany, Russia, and Sweden join in -- 7. Judgments of history : medical men debate caffeine -- 8. Postscript : why did caffeine come when it came? -- pt. 3. The culture of caffeine -- 9. Islands of caffeine (1) : Japan : the tradition of tea, the novelty of coffee -- 10. Islands of caffeine (2) : England : caffeine and Empire -- 11. The endless simmer : America and the twentieth century do caffeine -- 12. Caffeine culture and Le fin de Millénaire -- pt. 4. The natural history of caffeine -- 13. Caffeine in the laboratory -- 14. Caffeine and the plant kingdom : "My vegetable love" -- pt. 5. Caffeine and health -- 15. Caffeine and the body : health effects, reproductive issues, and fitness -- 16. Thinking over caffeine : cognition, learning, and emotional well-being -- 17. Caffeine dependence, intoxication, and toxicity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [373]-380) and index.
LCCN 00059243
ISBN0415927226 :

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Laupus Books - Stacks QV 107 W417W 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold