Everything But the Coffee - Learning About America From Starbucks

Zusatztext "A thoughtful! in-depth study." Informationen zum Autor Bryant Simon is Professor of History and the Director of American Studies at Temple University and the author! most recently! of Boardwalk Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America. Klappentext “Simon knows more about Starbucks—and about why so many Americans find perfection in their lattes—than anyone. He connects our deepest desires to be good, smart, ethical consumers with our equally strong yearning to consume in an authentic way. Our coffee, Simon shows, is us.”—Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City Zusammenfassung Focuses on Starbucks, the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to understand what Starbucks can tell us about America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introducing the Starbucks Moment 1 1. Real Coffee 21 2. Predictability the Individual Way 58 3. It Looks like a Third Place 82 4. Self-Gifting and Retail Therapy 122 5. Hear Music for Everyday Discoverers 149 6. Not-So-Green Cups 173 7. Sleeping Soundly in the Age of Globalization 201 Afterword 239 A Note on the Research 247 Notes 253 Selected Bibliography 279 Index 289

Product details

• Authors: Bryant Simon, Simon Bryant
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2011
• EAN: 9780520269927
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26992-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Society and culture: general, Hospitality and service industries