Coffee and Globalization

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This first year geography paper examines everyday objects and globalization. The paper focuses on coffee which was tracked through global processes. The paper examines the idea of coffee as a third world product sold in developed countries.

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"Coffee was chosen for this assignment because it is a food product that can be found in almost every household, apartment or university residence. Coffee is also involved in a complicated growing, processing and distribution process that moves from developing countries to developed countries. The conditions in which coffee is produced often demonstrate the negative consequence of globalization. For all of these reasons an examination of the coffee industry is very important for an understanding of the labour, trade and consumption patterns that have resulted from globalization. Coffee: A Geographical and Social Analysis Coffee is an ideal object to study globalization."

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