Uncommon grounds the history of coffee and how it transformed our world / Mark Pendergrast.

Author/creator Pendergrast, Mark
Format Electronic
EditionRev. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Basic Books,
Descriptionxxi, 424 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Contents Coffee colonizes the world -- The coffee kingdoms -- The American drink -- The great coffee wars of the Gilded Age -- Hermann Sielcken and Brazilian valorization -- The drug drink -- Growing pains -- Making the world safe for coffee -- Selling an image in the Jazz Age -- Burning beans, starving campesinos -- Showboating the Depression -- Cuppa joe -- Coffee witch hunts and instant nongratification -- Robusta triumphant -- A scattered band of fanatics -- The black frost -- The specialty revolution -- The Starbucks experience -- Final grounds.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010014683
ISBN9780465018369 (alk. paper)

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