Coffee culture : local experiences, global connections / Catherine M. Tucker.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2011.Description: xv, 160 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780415800242 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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Books | Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Available at Centre for Social Science Research | 394.12 T889c 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 01 | Not For Loan | 022774 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
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