Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and how It Transformed Our World - Mark Pendergrast - Hardcover

Coffee has dominated the economies, politics, and social structures of entire countries. The second most valuable legally exported commodity on earth, coffee delivers the largest jolt of the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug.In this much acclaimed book, Mark Pendergrast pours out a rich history of the coffee industry, vividly representing lush tropical regions where the crop is grown, busy street corners that are home to Starbucks, and boardrooms where millions of dollars are at stake. Uncommon Grounds traces coffee's role in Latin American exports, American imports, and European social law. Full of lively anecdotes, eccentric characters, and period commentary; Uncommon Grounds is an entertaining examination of the phenomenon of coffee.Pendergrast, Mark is the author of 'Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and how It Transformed Our World - Mark Pendergrast - Hardcover' with ISBN 9781587990885 and ISBN 1587990881.