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Author:

Elmore, Bartow J.

Title:

Citizen Coke : the making of Coca-Cola capitalism / Bartow J. Elmore.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

416 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Coca-Cola Company.
Soft drink industry--United States.
Sustainable development.
Social responsibility of business.
Coca-Cola Company.
Social responsibility of business.
Soft drink industry.
Sustainable development.
United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-394) and index.

Contents:

Part 1: Citizen Coke comes of age, 1886 to 1950. Tap water: packaging public water for private profit ; Waste tea leaves: recycling caffeine found in other industries' trash ; Sugar: satiating Citizen Cane's sweet appetite; Coca leaf extract: hiding the cocaine-cola connection ; Cocoa waste: synthesizing caffeine in chemical labs -- Part 2: The costs of empire, 1950 to today. Water from abroad: securing access to overseas oases ; Coffee beans: capitalizing on the decaf boom ; Glass, aluminum, plastic: selling curbside recycling to America ; High-fructose corn syrup: storing sweeteners in stomach silos -- Epilogue. Sustaining Coke's future?

ISBN:

0393241122 (hardcover)
9780393241129 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)881418224

LCCN:

2014022329

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)