The Book of Yerba Mate
A Stimulating History
$33.99
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
8 June 2027
Summary
The untold story of South America’s most interesting beverage
Brewed from the dried leaves and tender shoots of an evergreen tree native to South America, yerba mate gives its drinkers the jolt of liquid effervescence many of us get from coffee or tea. In Argentina, southern “gaúcho” Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, mate is the stimulating brew of choice, famously quaffed by the Argentine national football team en route to its 2022 FIFA World Cup victory. In The Boo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691246406 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691246408 |
| Author: | Professor Christine Folch, Christine Folch |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“A fascinating study that opens a window onto the bigger thematic landscape of colonialism, consumption and market capitalism.”—Oliver Balch, Times Literary Supplement
“The research is thorough, the story compelling, and the prose accessible and highly engaging. A clear narrative thread makes the book’s ambitious thematic, chronological, and geographic scope appear effortless, adventurous, and enlightening… . Highly recommended” * Choice *
Professor Christine Folch
Christine Folch is the Bacca Foundation Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. She is the author of Hydropolitics: The Itaipu Dam, Sovereignty, and the Engineering of Modern South America.
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