Author:
Wild, Antony, 1955-
Edition Statement:1st American ed.
Imprint:New York : W.W. Norton, 2005.
Descriptionxi, 323 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Note:1. The way we live now -- 2. Origins -- 3. Enter the dragon -- 4. The mocha trade -- 5. Coffee and societies -- 6. The fall of mocha -- 7. Slavery and the coffee colonies -- 8. The continental system and Napoleon's alternative to coffee -- 9. Napoleon and St. Helena -- 10. Slavery, Brazil, and coffee -- 11. The great exhibition -- 12. Harar and Rimbaud : the cradle and the crucible -- 13. Modern times -- 14. Coffee, science, and history -- 15. The battle of the hemispheres -- 16. Fair trade -- 17. Espresso : the Esperanto of coffee -- 18. The heart of darkness -- Coda -- Appendix. The find at Kush.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310) and index.
