{"product_id":"everything-but-the-coffee-9780520269927","title":"Everything but the Coffee","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocuses on Starbucks, the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to understand what Starbucks can tell us about America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Those who frequent Starbucks will enjoy Simon's range of topics, from business matters to the music played to the (very American) concept of 'self-gifting.'\" Publishers Weekly \"Simon's book is a fascinating, sometimes dispiriting look at how Starbucks is emblematic of some deeper socioeconomic phenomena at work in this country over the past decade and a half.\" -- Mike Miliard Boston Phoenix \"A thoughtful, in-depth study.\" World Wide Work\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Introducing the Starbucks Moment 1  1. Real Coffee 21 2. Predictability the Individual Way 58 3. It Looks like a Third Place 82 4. Self-Gifting and Retail Therapy 122 5. Hear Music for Everyday Discoverers 149 6. Not-So-Green Cups 173 7. Sleeping Soundly in the Age of Globalization 201  Afterword 239  A Note on the Research 247 Notes 253 Selected Bibliography 279 Index 289","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402853196119,"sku":"9780520269927","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520269927.jpg?v=1730481684","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/everything-but-the-coffee-9780520269927","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}