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Coffee : the epic of a commodity / Heinrich Eduard Jacob ; translated by Eden and Cedar Paul.
LIBRA TX415 .J2997 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacob, Heinrich Eduard, 1889-1967.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coffee.
- Drinking customs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Berlin, Jeffrey B. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Short Hills, N.J. : Burford Books, [1998]
- Summary:
- Traces the history and origins of coffee, describes the rise of the coffee industry, and looks at the folklore and customs connected to the beverage.
- Contents:
- 1. Islam's wine. Night in the land of Yemen
- The fight against Bacchus
- Trimethyldioxypurin
- Persecution and victory
- Kolshitsky's valiant deed. 2. Health of the nations. Venetian commerce
- King beer
- Doctorial discussions in Marseille
- Suleiman Aga and the Parisians
- Brother coffee. 3. Planters, traders, and kings. The island realm of the Dutch
- Coffee and absolutism
- The literary century
- Luxuries and potentates
- Napoleon's alliance with chicory. 4. Coffee in the ninteenth century. The advance of tea
- Pleasures of the ladies of Berlin
- Coffee-house frequenters in Austria
- Speculation and the Spanish crisis
- Overseas, harvests, world markets, and prices. 5. Brazilian dicatorship. Soil, empire, and the labour problem
- Ruin of the plantations in Ceylon
- The economic struggle of Brazil
- Reason becomes nonsense, bonfires of coffee
- Envoy.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1935.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the Berlin Family, in memory of Dr. Jeffrey B. Berlin.
- ISBN:
- 158080070X
- 9781580800709
- OCLC:
- 39443318
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