Wrestling with Starbucks: conscience, capital, cappuccino
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Main Author: Fellner, Kim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press ©2008
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index
The empire strikes gold -- Running the 10-K -- Banking on the bean -- Go sell it on the mountain -- Moving up on Eighth Street -- The cross-dressing of coffee-counter culture -- When worker met partner -- At the global crossroads -- The view from headquarters -- Capitalism is like fire -- Goodness as battleground -- Bread, roses, coffee
You can find a Starbucks coffeehouse almost anywhere, from Paris, France to Paducah, Kentucky, from the crowded streets of Thailand to shopping malls in Qatar. With nearly 200 of them in New York City alone, this coffee retail giant with humble beginnings has become an actor and icon in the global economy. As we sip our cappuccinos, frappuccinos, and our double half-caf venti low-fat mochaccinos, many of us wonder if Starbucks is a haven of civilization or a cultural predator, a good or bad employer, a fair trader or a global menace. In this entertaining and provocative ramble through Starbuck
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 283 pages)
ISBN:0813543207
0813545064
1281776378
9780813543208
9780813545066
9781281776372

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