An ethnography of the production of coffee from producer to consumer with emphasis on the effect of global commodity chains.

Paige West is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea, also published by Duke University Press, and a co-founder and co-editor of the journal Environment and Society.

List of Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
1. The World of Coffee from Papua New Guinea 1
2. Neoliberal Coffee 33
3. Historic Coffee 69
4. Village Coffee 101
5. Relational Coffee 131
6. National Coffee 157
7. International Coffee 201
8. Conclusion 237
Notes 257
Bibliography 279
Index 303