Book ID: 76553
Pendergrast, Mark
Uncommon Grounds. The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. 1999. illus. XIX, 520 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
Coffee has dominated and molded the economies, politics and social structures of entire countries. Revolutions have been planned, romances sparked, business deals sealed, novels written and friendships cemented over this potent brew. This book unfolds a panoramic story of epic proportions, a tale of how coffee trees came to girdle the globe between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.