Publication

2010 - Basic Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

106,000 words, Guess

Page Count

424 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10046501836X
  • ISBN-139780465018369
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010014683
  • OCLC Control Number609871227
  • OCLC Control Number44528830
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780465018369
  • Open LibraryOL24791364M

Classifications

  • DDC338.1/7373
  • LCCTX415 .P45 2010
  • LCCTX415.P45 2010

Description

From the Publisher: Uncommon Grounds is the definitive history of coffee-from its discovery on an Ethiopian mountainside to the age of Starbucks and the coffee crisis of the twenty-first century. A sweeping epic, Uncommon Grounds uses coffee production, trade, and consumption as a window through which to view broad historical themes: the clash and blending of cultures, slavery, the rise of brand marketing, global inequities, fair trade, revolutions, health scares, environmental issues, and the rediscovery of quality. Replete with a cast of eccentric characters-all of them suffused with a passion for the golden bean-Uncommon Grounds is nothing less than a coffee-flavored history of the world, the classic work on coffee culture, fully updated for our times.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Uncommon grounds: the history of coffee and how it transformed our worldBasic Books2010-01-01

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