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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... South Wales , so that the excess in New South Wales of immigrants from other parts of Australasia was 43,246 persons . The distribution in each State was as follows : - Gain to Victoria Queensland State . South Australia Northern ...
... South Wales , so that the excess in New South Wales of immigrants from other parts of Australasia was 43,246 persons . The distribution in each State was as follows : - Gain to Victoria Queensland State . South Australia Northern ...
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... South Carolina Constitution of 1790” (master's thesis, University of South Carolina, 1967), and H. Simmons Tate, “Notes on the Developmentofthe South Carolina Constitution of 1790” (typescript, University South Caroliniana Library ...
... South Carolina Constitution of 1790” (master's thesis, University of South Carolina, 1967), and H. Simmons Tate, “Notes on the Developmentofthe South Carolina Constitution of 1790” (typescript, University South Caroliniana Library ...
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... South Wales Association of G. Hudson , Trades Hall , Sydney . Operative . 3-9-18 Plumbers ' and Gasfitters ' Employees ' Union , John Duncan , Trades Hall , Sydney . The New South Wales Branch of the Austra- lian ...
... South Wales Association of G. Hudson , Trades Hall , Sydney . Operative . 3-9-18 Plumbers ' and Gasfitters ' Employees ' Union , John Duncan , Trades Hall , Sydney . The New South Wales Branch of the Austra- lian ...
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