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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... tion was so widespread that there was no alternative but for the authorities to turn a blind eye , and eventually religious opposi- tion was countermanded . More serious was the secular threat under Amurath IV . The Grand Vizier Kuprili ...
... tion was so widespread that there was no alternative but for the authorities to turn a blind eye , and eventually religious opposi- tion was countermanded . More serious was the secular threat under Amurath IV . The Grand Vizier Kuprili ...
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... tion from Ethiopia to Yemen can be dated with some confidence . In 1544 the Imam banned the cultivation of qat in the Jabal Sabir region of Yemen and introduced coffee plants ' from which the population will derive great benefit ' . The ...
... tion from Ethiopia to Yemen can be dated with some confidence . In 1544 the Imam banned the cultivation of qat in the Jabal Sabir region of Yemen and introduced coffee plants ' from which the population will derive great benefit ' . The ...
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... tion of coca crops in Colombia do not pose unreasonable health or safety risks to humans or the environment ' cannot be derived from the material presented in the reports . The inevitable conclu- sion must be that perceived geopolitical ...
... tion of coca crops in Colombia do not pose unreasonable health or safety risks to humans or the environment ' cannot be derived from the material presented in the reports . The inevitable conclu- sion must be that perceived geopolitical ...
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