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Author Hattox, Ralph S., author.

Title Coffee and coffeehouses : the origins of a social beverage in the Medieval Near East / Ralph S. Hattox
Published [1985]
Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press
©1985

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 178 pages, 16 leaves of plates) : illustrations
Series Near Eastern studies, University of Washington ; number 3
Near Eastern studies, University of Washington ; no. 3.
Contents The great coffee controversy -- The coming of coffee to the Near East -- Coffee, coffeehouses, and the opposition -- Wine, coffee, and the Holy Law -- Lethargy, leprosy, and melancholia : coffee and medieval medicine -- Taverns without wine : the rise of the coffeehouse -- Society and the social life of the coffeehouse -- The coffeehouse : social norms, social symbols
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Coffee -- Middle East -- History
Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Coffeehouses -- Middle East -- History
Coffee -- History
COOKING -- Regional & Ethnic -- Middle Eastern.
COOKING -- Beverages -- Coffee & Tea.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Coffee
Coffeehouses
Social history -- Medieval
Kaffeehaus
Kaffee
Islam
Kultur
Geschichte
Koffiehuizen.
Middle East
Naher Osten
Islamische Staaten
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780295805498
0295805498