Coffee : The Epic of a Commodity.
by
Jacob, H. E.
ISBN
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9781632207821
Title
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Coffee : The Epic of a Commodity.
Author
:
Jacob, H. E.
Personal Author
:
Jacob, H. E.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (300 pages)
Contents
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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION TO THE 1998 EDITION -- Book One: Islam's Wine -- I. NIGHT IN THE LAND OF YEMEN -- II. THE FIGHT AGAINST BACCHUS -- III. TRIMETHYLDIOXYPURIN -- IV. PERSECUTION AND VICTORY -- V. KOLSHITSKY'S VALIANT DEED -- Book Two: Health of the Nations -- VI. VENETIAN COMMERCE -- VII. KING BEER -- VIII. DOCTORIAL DISCUSSIONS IN MARSEILLE -- IX. SULEIMAN AGA AND THE PARISIANS -- X. BROTHER COFFEE -- Book Three: Planters, Traders, and Kings -- XI. THE ISLAND REALM OF THE DUTCH -- XII. COFFEE AND ABSOLUTISM -- XIII. THE LITERARY CENTURY -- XIV. LUXURIES AND POTENTATES -- XV. NAPOLEON'S ALLIANCE WITH CHICORY -- Book Four: Coffee in the Nineteenth Century -- XVI. THE ADVANCE OF TEA -- XVII. PLEASURES OF THE LADIES OF BERLIN -- XVIII. COFFEE-HOUSE FREQUENTERS IN AUSTRIA -- XIX. SPECULATION AND THE SPANISH CRISIS -- XX. OVERSEAS HARVESTS, WORLD MARKETS, AND PRICES -- Book Five: Brazilian Dictatorship -- XXI. SOIL, EMPIRE, AND THE LABOUR PROBLEM -- XXII. RUIN OF THE PLANTATIONS IN CEYLON -- XXIII. THE ECONOMIC STRUGGLE OF BRAZIL -- XXIV. REASON BECOMES NONSENSE-BONFIRES OF COFFEE -- XXV. ENVOY -- POSTSCRIPT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2015
Publication Information
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New York :
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated,
2015.
©2015.
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641.3373 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ON-DEMAND | Browse online or request access to ebook |