| Description |
xv, 160 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
The Routledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology |
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Routledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Culture, caffeine, and coffee shops -- Theories of food and social meanings of coffee -- Coffee culture, history, and media in Coca-Cola land -- Tracing coffee connections -- Coffee and the rise of the world system -- Coffee, the Industrial Revolution, and body discipline -- Coffee controversies and threats to social order -- National identities and cultural relevance -- Hot and bothered: coffee and caffeine humor -- Is coffee good or bad for you? Debates over physical and mental health effects -- Planting and caring for coffee -- Harvesting, processing, and inequality -- Environmental sustainability of coffee production -- Environmental conundrums of coffee processing -- Market volatility and social calamity -- Efforts to mitigate the coffee cycle and the distribution of power -- A brief history of fair trade -- Conundrums of fair trade coffee: building equity or reinventing subjugation? |
| Subject |
Coffee -- Social aspects.
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Coffee -- History.
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Coffee -- Health aspects.
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Coffee industry -- Social aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780415800242 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415800242 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415800259 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415800250 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000045973685 |
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