Coffee: A Dark HistoryFourth Estate, 2004 - 323 страници This is the tale of the wildfire spread of the consumption of a drink which is embedded in our history and our daily cultural life. The coffee industry worldwide employs more people - 30 million - than any other. It is the lifeblood of many third world countries, either earning them invaluable foreign currency or enslaving them to the monster that is modern global capitalism, depending on how you look at it. From obscure beginnings in East Africa a millennia ago and its early days as an aid to religious devotion, coffee became an integral part of the rise of European mercantilism from the 17th-century onwards. As well as being a valued trading commodity, it was the preferred beverage of the merchants who did the trading. The rise of the coffee house and the City of London were inextricably, perhaps even mysteriously linked. |
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... America . Coffee production in many of those countries was to become a very significant force in the economic and political life of those fledgling nations . Coffee , from being an exotic plant of the myste- rious East , became a vital ...
... America . Coffee production in many of those countries was to become a very significant force in the economic and political life of those fledgling nations . Coffee , from being an exotic plant of the myste- rious East , became a vital ...
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... America . With the exception of Mexico , which has had a more diversified economy since it became the great source of cheap manufactures for North America , the states of Central America are - or were until the recent collapse in prices ...
... America . With the exception of Mexico , which has had a more diversified economy since it became the great source of cheap manufactures for North America , the states of Central America are - or were until the recent collapse in prices ...
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... America and incorporated elements of that country's constitution into his . The South fell prey to a totalitarian regime that relied heavily on the threat of the North to woo the favours of America . The pat- tern that played havoc in ...
... America and incorporated elements of that country's constitution into his . The South fell prey to a totalitarian regime that relied heavily on the threat of the North to woo the favours of America . The pat- tern that played havoc in ...
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