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The world of caffeine : the science and culture of the world's most popular drug

Authors:Bennett Alan Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer

Summary:In a natural, cultural, and artistic history of our favorite mood enhancer, the authors show how caffeine was discovered, its early uses, and the unexpected parts it has played in medicine, religion, painting, poetry, learning, and love. 50 halftones & line drawings

Print Book, English, 2001

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher:Routledge, New York, 2001

Genre:History

Physical Description:xxi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

ISBN:

9780415927222, 9780415927239, 0415927226, 0415927234

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:44683483

Subjects:

Café Histoire

Caffeine Popular works

Culturele aspecten

Contents:

Acknowledgments

ix

Overview: Caffeine Encounters

xi

Prologue: The Discovery of Caffeine

xvii

PART I Caffeine in history

1

(50)

Coffee: Arabian Origins

3

(24)

Tea: Asian Origins

27

(14)

Cacao: American Origins

41

(10)

PART II europe wakes up to caffeine

51

(78)

Monks and Men-at-Arms: Europe's First Caffeine Connections

53

(8)

The Caffeine Trade Supplants the Spice Trade: Tea and Coffee Come to the West

61

(22)

The Late Adopters: Germany, Russia, and Sweden Join In

83

(12)

Judgments of History: Medical Men Debate Caffeine

95

(30)

Postscript: Why Did Caffeine Come When It Came?

125

(4)

PART III the culture of caffeine

129

(84)

Islands of Caffeine (1): Japan: The Tradition of Tea, the Novelty of Coffee

133

(14)

Islands of Caffeine (2): England: Caffeine and Empire

147

(34)

The Endless Simmer: America and the Twentieth Century Do Caffeine

181

(16)

Caffeine Culture and Le Fin de Millenaire

197

(16)

PART IV the natural history of caffeine

213

(54)

Caffeine in the Laboratory

215

(20)

Caffeine and the Plant Kingdom: ``My Vegetable Love...''

235

(32)

PART V caffeine and health

267

(50)

Caffeine and the Body: Health Effects, Reproductive Issues, and Fitness

269

(22)

Thinking Over Caffeine: Cognition, Learning, and Emotional Well-Being

291

(12)

Caffeine Dependence, Intoxication, and Toxicity

303

(14)

Epilogue: A Toast to the Future

317

(4)

Appendix A: The London Coffeehouse during the Commonwealth Restoration

321

(6)

Appendix B: Supplementary Tables

327

(5)

Appendix C: Additional Studies of Caffeine's Physical Effects

332

(10)

Appendix D: Methodological Pitfalls

342

(3)

Notes

345

(28)

References

373

(8)

Index

381

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