The social life of coffee : the emergence of the British coffeehouse / Brian Cowan.

Author/creator Cowan, Brian William, 1969-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents An aquired taste -- Coffee and early modern drug culture -- From Mocha to Java -- Penny universities? -- Exotic fantasies and commercial anxieties -- Before bureaucracy -- Policing the coffeehouse -- Civilizing society.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-354) and index.
LCCN 2005043555
ISBN0300106661 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780300106664 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks TX908 .C68 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold