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London Coffeehouses. A Reference Book of Coffee Houses of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. London: George Allen and Unwind, Ltd. Mackie, Erin, ed. No Date. The commerce of everyday life: selections from The Tatler and The Spectator. Boston: Bedford cultural editions.
During the enlightenment, these early English coffee houses became gathering places used for deep religious and political discussions among the populace, since it was a rare opportunity for sober discussion. [49] This practice became so common, and potentially subversive, that Charles II made an attempt to crush coffee houses in 1670s. [39]
The word coffee in various European languages [8]. The most common English spelling of café is the French word for both coffee and coffeehouse; [9] [10] it was adopted by English-speaking countries in the late 19th century. [11]
This is an example of the triple or even quadruple function of the coffee house: reading material was often obtained, read, discussed, and even produced on the premises. [205] Denis Diderot is best known as the editor of the Encyclopédie. It is difficult to determine what people actually read during the Enlightenment.
The Great Good Place is a book by Ray Oldenburg, published in 1989 and reprinted in 1997 and 1999.The first edition had the subtitle "Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts, and How They Get You through the Day", but reprints changed it to "Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community."
During the enlightenment, these early English coffee houses became gathering places used for deep religious and political discussions among the populace, since it was a rare opportunity for sober discussion. [16] This practice became so common, and potentially subversive, that Charles II made an attempt to crush coffee houses in 1670s. [17]
General texts on the Enlightenment, such as Daniel Roche's France in the Enlightenment tend to agree that women were dominant within the salons, but that their influence did not extend far outside of such venues. [31] Antoine Lilti, on the other hand, rejects the notion that women 'governed' conversation in the salons. [32]
Coffee: A Dark History is a 2005 book that examines the history of coffee. It was written by Antony Wild and was published by Norton. Wild had previously worked as a buyer for a specialty-coffee company for over ten years. [1] He argues that coffee has had major effects on the economy of the British Empire.