The devil's cup : a history of the world according to coffee /
Allen, Stewart Lee,
The devil's cup : a history of the world according to coffee / Stewart Lee Allen. - 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Introduction The First Cup.-- A Season in Hell.-- Ethiopian Prayer.-- Sailing to al-Makkha.-- An Evil Sister.-- Java.-- Monkey Droppings.-- Mother Calcutta.-- The Man in the Red Hat.-- War.-- The Revolution.-- Paris.-- The Sultan's Earache.-- At Sea.-- Africa in Chains.-- Preto Velho.-- Officer Hoppe.--White-Trash Cocaine
A wild ride through the history of coffee offers a humorous revisionist take on world events with this magic bean as the prime mover of everything from Napoleon's downfall to the prosperity of America. This comprehensive work provides an account of caffeine's impact on humankind. Beginning in Ethiopia, the author sails along the same route that carried the first beans to Yemen 1500 years ago, and literally travels the world in his mission to prove that coffee is the driving force in history.
0345441494 9780345441492
Coffee--History.
Coffee--Social aspects
Coffee.
TX415 / .A454 2003
641.337309
The devil's cup : a history of the world according to coffee / Stewart Lee Allen. - 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Introduction The First Cup.-- A Season in Hell.-- Ethiopian Prayer.-- Sailing to al-Makkha.-- An Evil Sister.-- Java.-- Monkey Droppings.-- Mother Calcutta.-- The Man in the Red Hat.-- War.-- The Revolution.-- Paris.-- The Sultan's Earache.-- At Sea.-- Africa in Chains.-- Preto Velho.-- Officer Hoppe.--White-Trash Cocaine
A wild ride through the history of coffee offers a humorous revisionist take on world events with this magic bean as the prime mover of everything from Napoleon's downfall to the prosperity of America. This comprehensive work provides an account of caffeine's impact on humankind. Beginning in Ethiopia, the author sails along the same route that carried the first beans to Yemen 1500 years ago, and literally travels the world in his mission to prove that coffee is the driving force in history.
0345441494 9780345441492
Coffee--History.
Coffee--Social aspects
Coffee.
TX415 / .A454 2003
641.337309