Taking the high grounds [videorecording] : the story of coffee / Acorn Associates, Ltd. ; written and presented by Burt Wolf
- Additional Titles:
- Story of coffee
Title on container: What we eat : Old World influence. II, Taking the high grounds
Old World influence. II, Taking the high grounds - Published:
- New York, NY : Ambrose Video Pub., 2003.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 27 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators:
- Wolf, Burton
McCool, Caroline
Perlman, Sarah
Aronson, Emily
Acorn Associates
Ambrose Video Publishing
- Summary:
- Part of a series on the cultural and economic history of foods, looking at how Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquistadores changed what people ate. This program looks at the discovery of coffee, its ability to control the economy of major nations and its role in both the American and French Revolutions. A French Lieutenant planted a coffee tree in Martinique and from there coffee went on to become a major crop in the Western Hemisphere.
- Subject(s):
- Related Titles:
- What we eat (Television program)
- Note:
- This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Originally aired in 2002 as a segment on the television program What we eat. - With:
- Issued with: Milk's leap towards immortality, Simple pleasures, Here's looking at you, kid.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Writer and presenter, Burt Wolf ; editor, Michael Colicchio ; associate producers, Laurie Edelman, Nancy Ziegler ; senior producers, Caroline McCool, Laurie Edelman ; excutive producer, Emily Aronson.
- Participant/Performer Note:
- Host: Burt Wolf.
- Technical Details:
- DVD-R.
- Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.
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