Everything But the Coffee Learning About America from Starbucks

Bryant Simon

ISBN 10: 0520269926 / ISBN 13: 9780520269927

Published by University of California, USA, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Everything But the Coffee Learning About America from Starbucks
• Publisher: University of California, USA
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520269926
• ISBN 13: 9780520269927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis

Everything but the Coffee casts a fresh eye on 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. Bryant Simon visited hundreds of Starbucks around the world to ask, Why did Starbucks take hold so quickly with consumers? What did it seem to provide over and above a decent cup of coffee? Why at the moment of Starbucks' profit-generating peak did the company lose its way, leaving observers baffled about how it might regain its customers and its cultural significance? Everything but the Coffee probes the company's psychological, emotional, political, and sociological power to discover how Starbucks' explosive success and rapid deflation exemplify American culture at this historical moment. Most importantly, it shows that Starbucks speaks to a deeply felt American need for predictability and class standing, community and authenticity, revealing that Starbucks' appeal lies not in the product it sells but in the easily consumed identity it offers.

About the Author

Bryant Simon is Professor of History and the Director of American Studies at Temple University and the author, most recently, of Boardwalk Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America.