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Much Ado Over Coffee: Indian Coffee House Then And Now

Much Ado Over Coffee: Indian Coffee House Then And Now

Hardcover

General SociologyIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1138099473
ISBN13: 9781138099470
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 18 2017
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

Based on oral history, fiction, fascinating intellectual gossip, and records of the Coffee Board of India, this study is a multi-sited ethnography of the Indian Coffee House, possibly the world's first coffee house chain. It offers a critical analysis of adda (informal meetings) of the educated middle class in Allahabad, Calcutta and Delhi. The coffee house became the new socio-intellectual nerve centre, replacing the neigbourhood tea shops, and creating an entirely different social space.

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