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COFFEE CULTURE Coffee Culture: Local Experiences, Global Connections explores coffee as (1) a major commodity that shapes the lives of millions of people; (2) a product with a dra- matic history; (3) a beverage with multiple meanings and uses (energizer, comfort food, addiction, fl avoring, and confection); (4) an inspiration for humor and cultural critique; (5) a crop that can help protect biodiversity yet also threaten the environment; (6) a health risk and a health food; and (7) a focus of alterna- tive trade efforts. This book presents coffee as a commodity that ties the world together, from the coffee producers and pickers who tend the plantations in trop- ical nations, to the middlemen and processors, to the consumers who drink cof- fee without ever having to think about how the drink reached their hands. Catherine M. Tucker is a sociocultural and ecological anthropologist at the University of Florida. The Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology Editors: Richard H. Robbins, SUNY Plattsburgh and Luis A. Vivanco, University of Vermont This series is dedicated to innovative, unconventional ways to connect under- graduate students and their lived concerns about our social world to the power of social science ideas and evidence. We seek to publish titles that use anthro- pology to help students understand how they benefi t from exposing their own lives and activities to the power of anthropological thought and analysis. Our goal is to help spark social science imaginations and, in doing so, open new avenues for meaningful thought and action. Books in this series pose questions and problems that speak to the complexi- ties and dynamism of modern life, connecting cutting-edge research in exciting and relevant topical areas with creative pedagogy. Available Re-Imagining Milk, 2e Cultural and Biological Perspectives Andrea S. Wiley Lycra How a Fabric Shaped America Kaori O’Connor Fake Stuff China and the Rise of Counterfeit Goods Yi-Chieh Jessica Lin The World of Wal-Mart Discounting the American Dream Nicholas Copeland and Christine Labuski Reconsidering the Bicycle An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing Luis Vivanco Alcohol Social Drinking in Cultural Context Janet Chrzan Forthcoming Seafood From Ocean to Plate Richard Wilk, Shingo Hamada and Lillian Brown Coffee Culture, 2e Local Experiences, Global Connections Catherine M. Tucker It is a pleasure to see a new edition of this engaging and accessible book. It is a great way to introduce students to the global food system and all its contradic- tions, to fi nd surprises in their daily cup. Richard Wilk, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology, Indiana University Anthropologist Catherine Tucker has written an engaging, undergraduate- accessible study of coffee in the tradition of Sidney W. Mintz’ Sweetness and Power, as a lens for understanding the global in the local. Tucker illuminates our coffee-related connections across the world with a can’t-put-it-down blend of wide-ranging historical research, personal insight, and thought-provoking dis- cussion questions. She helps students of food and culture, as well as coffee afi - cionados, craft their own understandings of the relationships embedded in our food and how they can act to help shape them. Peter Leigh Taylor, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, Editor-in-Chief, Society & Natural Resources Tucker adroitly integrates cross-cultural comparisons, social theory, and the insights collected during more than two decades of research conducted in places that range from Colombia’s coffee fi elds to university cafes. In this ambitious and updated biography of the bean, she shows how we are linked physically, symbolically, and economically to coffee. A must-read for students, sophisticated coffee drinkers, and anyone interested in sustainable food systems. Christopher M. Bacon, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Santa Clara University C O F F E E C U LT U R E Local Experiences, Global Connections Second Edition Catherine M. Tucker First edition published 2011 by Routledge Second edition published 2017 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2017 Taylor & Francis The right of Catherine M. Tucker to be identifi ed as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi cation and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Tucker, Catherine M. Title: Coffee culture : local experiences, global connections / Catherine M. Tucker. Description: 2nd edition. | New York : Routledge, 2018. | Series: Anthropology of Stuff series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2016032108 | ISBN 9781138933026 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781138933033 (paperback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315678795 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Coffee—Social aspects. | Coffee—History. | Coffee—Health aspects. | Coffee industry—Social aspects. Classifi cation: LCC GT2918 .T83 2018 | DDC 394.1/2—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016032108 ISBN: 978-1-138-93302-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-138-93303-3 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-67879-5 (ebk) Typeset in New Baskerville by Apex CoVantage, LLC Visit the companion website: http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/anthropologyofstuff/ In memory of Janice Rand Tucker CONTENTS List of Illustrations xi Series Foreword xii Preface xiv Acknowledgments xvi Acronyms and Abbreviations xviii PART I COFFEE CULTURE, SOCIAL LIFE, AND GLOBAL HISTORY 1 1 Culture, Caffeine, and Coffee Shops 3 2 Theories of Food and Social Meanings of Coffee 11 3 Coffee Culture, History, and Media in Coca-Cola Land 18 4 Tracing Coffee Connections 26 5 Coffee and the Rise of the World System 36 6 Coffee, the Industrial Revolution, and Body Discipline 45 PART II ACCOLADES AND ANTIPATHIES : COFFEE CONTROVERSIES THROUGH TIME 51 7 Coffee Controversies and Threats to Social Order 53 8 National Identities and Cultural Relevance 59
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