HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Murad Iv, Britishness, Medicalization
7 Dec 2018
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Originated in china, 2700 bce: despite being a stimulant, often associated with calm and serenity. Europeans acquired it in the 17th century as global trade expands. Although initially too expensive for the poor, it rapidly became the national drink of. Britain: ideal of poor: simpler to produce than coffee and could be extended , empire provided supply, women"s petition against coffee-flavoured tea. Boston tea party as a rejection of britishness: coffee gains prominence in the u. s. Why did tea and coffee become so popular across the urbanizing world: water and milk unsafe, warmed the body, muted hunger pangs, facilitated the good social order when it replaced alcohol. Schmitt: caffeine consumption represents security and safety: intoxicating, but without risk, pleasure without danger. Caffeine stimulated mind and body perfect drug for the enlightenment . Yet, as places of rationality, women excluded from coffeehouse culture. Temperance promoted caffeine as a good alternative.
