Mark Pendergrast

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1) Uncommon grounds: the history of coffee and how it transformed our world

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"Coffee has been banned as a creator of revolutionary sedition, vilified as the worst health-destroyer on earth and praised as the boon of mankind. Its history provides a window through which to view broader themes of colonialism and culture clash, the rise of mass production, modern-day media and marketing, women's issues and international commodity schemes. It also illustrates how an entire industry can lose focus, allowing upstart micro-roasters...

2) For God, country, and Coca-Cola: the definitive history of the great American soft drink and the company that makes it

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Pendergrast, Mark

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2013

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Book, Non-Circulating

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"Contains the original secret formula and thirty management lessons new to this edition"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 583-595) and index.

3) Inside the outbreaks: the elite medical detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service

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Pendergrast, Mark

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2010

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Explores the history of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, which was organized in 1951 to battle various diseases, including polio, cholera, and smallpox, and continues to eliminate diseases that threaten the population in the twenty-first century.

4) City on the verge: Atlanta and the fight for America's urban future

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Pendergrast, Mark

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[2017]

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What we can learn from Atlanta's struggle to reinvent itself in the 21st Century. Atlanta is on the verge of tremendous rebirth-or inexorable decline. A kind of Petri dish for cities struggling to reinvent themselves, Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the country, gridlocked highways, suburban sprawl, and a history of racial injustice. Yet it is also an energetic, brash young city that prides itself on pragmatic solutions. Today, the...