Coffeehouse Culture in the Atlantic World, 1650-1789
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part I Coffee's transatlantic society -- 1 'Trifling', an urban experience -- 2 'Trifling' in the colonies -- 3 Murders, officers and naval headquarters -- Part II Polishing communities and negotiating empire -- 4 Coffee-women, licensure and a polite public sphere -- 5 Coffee-men, lobbyists and conmen of empire -- 6 Transatlantic news feeds and imagined coffeehouse publics -- Part III Empire and revolution -- 7 Empire, free association and slavery -- 8 Bringing down the empire -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1 'Trifling', an urban experience -- 2 'Trifling' in the colonies -- 3 Murders, officers and naval headquarters -- 4 Coffee-women, licensure and a polite public sphere -- 5 Coffee-men, lobbyists and conmen of empire -- 6 Transatlantic news feeds and imagined coffeehouse publics -- 7 Empire, free association and slavery -- 8 Bringing down the empire -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.