Includes bibliographical references and index

pt. 1. Caffeine in history -- 1. Coffee : Arabian origins -- 2. Tea : Asian origins -- 3. Cacao : American origins -- pt. 2. Europe wakes up to caffeine -- 4. Monks and men-at-arms : Europe's first caffeine connections -- 5. The caffeine trade supplants the spice trade : tea and coffee come to the west -- 6. The late adopters : Germany, Russia, and Sweden join in -- 7. Judgments of history : medical men debate caffeine -- 8. Postscript : why did caffeine come when it came? -- pt. 3. The culture of caffeine -- 9. Islands of caffeine (1) : Japan : the tradition of tea, the novelty of coffee -- 10. Islands of caffeine (2) : England : caffeine and Empire -- 11. The endless simmer : America and the twentieth century do caffeine -- 12. Caffeine culture and Le fin de Millénaire -- pt. 4. The natural history of caffeine -- 13. Caffeine in the laboratory -- 14. Caffeine and the plant kingdom : "My vegetable love" -- pt. 5. Caffeine and health -- 15. Caffeine and the body : health effects, reproductive issues, and fitness -- 16. Thinking over caffeine : cognition, learning, and emotional well-being -- 17. Caffeine dependence, intoxication, and toxicity

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