Description
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
Author: Ralph S. Hattox
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 10/01/1985
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.59w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9780295962313
ISBN10: 0295962313
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- History | Europe | Medieval
- History | Middle East | General