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Much Ado Over Coffee

Indian Coffee House Then And Now

Bhaswati Bhattacharya author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:25th Jun '24

£39.99

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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. This book will have line drawings and cartoons as well as archival photographs.

ISBN: 9781032652771

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 798g

432 pages