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Author: Edward F. Fischer
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9780520386952
ISBN 10: 0520386957
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 06 September 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Fischer's insightful new book. . . .illustrates in great detail...how rarely that increased value benefits Maya farmers directly. * Economic Botanist * Making Better Coffee is an engaging exploration of the value and values that surround coffee. . . .This book will be very useful for researchers, providing an excellent review of the literature. It could be used in graduate or advanced undergraduate classes. * FoodAnthropology *
"""Fischer's insightful new book. . . .illustrates in great detail…how rarely that increased value benefits Maya farmers directly."" * Economic Botanist * ""Making Better Coffee is an engaging exploration of the value and values that surround coffee. . . .This book will be very useful for researchers, providing an excellent review of the literature. It could be used in graduate or advanced undergraduate classes."" * FoodAnthropology *"
""Fischer's insightful new book. . . .illustrates in great detail…how rarely that increased value benefits Maya farmers directly."" * Economic Botanist * ""Making Better Coffee is an engaging exploration of the value and values that surround coffee. . . .This book will be very useful for researchers, providing an excellent review of the literature. It could be used in graduate or advanced undergraduate classes."" * FoodAnthropology * ""A captivating and enlightening journey that delves into the intricate and multifaceted relationship between coffee production and its enjoyment by consumers."" * Exertions * ""Making Better Coffee offers an unabashedly practical look at real-world market spaces that impact the lives of millions of people around the world. . . . [L]earning more about and from an industry that is simultaneously functional and dysfunctional is more than desirable. It should be mandatory."" * Administrative Science Quarterly * ""A compelling case study of our current stage of capitalism in which controlling the means of production no longer guarantees maximum accumulation. . . . Fischer’s work demonstrates that when we make better coffee, it is not necessarily better for everyone."" * Gastronomica * ""Making Better Coffee is a captivating and enlightening journey that delves into the intricate and multifaceted relationship between coffee production and its enjoyment by consumers. . . . The combination of Fischer’s storytelling, research, and thoughtful analysis makes the text a compelling read for both coffee enthusiasts and anthropologists . . . Ultimately, Making Better Coffee is more than simply an account of creating value for coffee; it portrays coffee production not just in terms of the resulting commodity, but also as a pathway for community empowerment and the pursuit of a better future."" * Exertions * ""Fischer illuminates, on the heels of the transition from Folgers (First Wave) to Starbucks (Second Wave), the cultural and economic shifts that occurred from Peet’s (Second Wave) to Blue Bottle Coffee (Third Wave). For this alone, the book is fun to read."" * Administrative Science Quarterly *
Author Information
Edward F. Fischer is Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University, where he also directs the Institute for Coffee Studies. He has authored and edited several books, most recently The Good Life: Aspiration, Dignity, and the Anthropology of Wellbeing.
