by Graham Scambler (Author), Graham Scambler (Author), Graham Scambler (Author)
While tracing the historical emergence of the cafe as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafes, cafe as surrogate office, and cafe as site of exchange for news and views.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Edition: 2013
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 07 Nov 2013
ISBN 10: 1137275928
ISBN 13: 9781137275929