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Ellis, Markman.

The coffee-house : a cultural history / Markman Ellis. - London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. - xiv, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First encounters : George Sandys and the coffa-houses of Constantinople--The wine of Islam discovered--The first English coffee-house--The republic of coffee : the Coffee Club of the Rota--Talking to strangers--Coffee with wings : the spread of the coffee-house--'Freedom of words' : Charles II and the challenge of the coffee-house--The coffee-house trade--Humours, anti-hypnoticks and caffeine--The free-school of ingenuity--The concourse of merchants--The philosopher in the coffee-house--The passing of the coffee-house--Angry young men and the espresso revolution--Epilogue : milk and sugar.

ISBN: 9780753818985

LCCN: 2005360924

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA454383 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 012958622 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Coffeehouses--History.
Coffeehouses--Social aspects.
Coffeehouses--History.--England--London

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
London (England)--Social life and customs--17th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.
London (England)--History--17th century.
London (England)--History--18th century.

LC Class. No.: TX910.G7 / E45 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 647.95421