A01=Ralph S. Hattox
Author_Ralph S. Hattox
Category=JBCC6
Category=JHB
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Product details
- ISBN 9780295962313
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 1985
- Publisher: University of Washington Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Drawing on the accounts of early European travelers, original Arabic sources on jurisprudence and etiquette, and treatises on coffee from the period, the author recounts the colorful early history of the spread of coffee and the influence of coffeehouses in the medieval Near East. Detailed descriptions of the design, atmosphere, management, and patrons of early coffeehouses make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of coffee and the unique institution of the coffeehouse in urban Muslim society
