Coffee Life in Japan: Volume 36

by Merry White

Book Overview

This fascinating book-part ethnography, part memoir-traces Japan's vibrant caf society over one hundred and thirty years. Merry White traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Europe and America. White's book takes up themes as diverse as gender, privacy, perfectionism, and urbanism. She shows how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520271157
• ISBN13: 9780520271159
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"