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Uncommon grounds
the history of coffee and how it transformed our world
By Pendergrast, Mark
- ISBN
- 978-0-46503-631-8
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Basic Books, c1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1999
In this enlightening sociocultural chronicle, journalist Pendergrast (For God, Country & Coca-Cola) focuses on the popularity of coffee, especially in the Western Hemisphere. Coffee-drinking came late to the New World but was embraced almost immediately. It accompanied settlers on their way west (Native Americans referred to it as "black medicine") and was popular with soldie...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
