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Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
By Sedgewick, Augustine
- ISBN
- 9781594206153
- Publisher
- Penguin Pr.
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Reviewed on April 1, 2020 | Business & Economics
Combining biography with a socioeconomic study, Sedgewick (history, City Univ. of New York) examines the consumption and growing of coffee. The biographical portion focuses on British ex-patriot James Hill, a prominent planter in El Salvador from the end of the 19th century through his death in 1951. Sedgewick recounts how coffee became a beverage of choice in the United States, and how it transformed former...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
