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sum-cuny-edu-395		The Startling History of America’s Favorite Drug — Coffee - SUM			.html	text/html	728	76	76	The Startling History of America's Favorite Drug — Coffee SUM Follow/Subscribe Facebook The Startling History of America's Favorite Drug — Coffee Arts Society | Baruch College "The history of coffee runs through the middle of this larger story about global connection and transformation," Baruch College Professor Augustine Sedgewick writes in his new book Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug. Coffeeland explores the centuries-long history of coffee, from its use by Sufi monks in Yemen hundreds of years ago to its place on our tables today. So, he cut off the locals' access to land, forcing them to rely on the coffee plantations for work and food. And they helped plantation owners like Hill force people to work by starving them," Sedgewick tells WNYC. "How Coffee Ruined a Country" (The New York Times Book Review) SUM is curated at The Graduate Center, CUNY.	./cache/sum-cuny-edu-395.html	./txt/sum-cuny-edu-395.txt