A Cultural History
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How has the coffee-house changed our experience of life in the city? This wide-ranging history tells the story of the coffee-house, from its emergence in London in the mid-seventeenth century to today's spectacular growth of coffee-bar chains such as Starbucks.The coffee-house has always been at the centre of urban life. It is here that merchants held auctions, writers and poets conducted discussions, scientists demonstrated experiments and gave lectures, and philanthropists deliberated reforms.
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