Bryant Simon's Reviews
Reviews of Bryant’s Work
Dec.01.2010
Published by Journal of American History
This is a highly readable and deeply engaged examination of the culture of capitalism in the contemporary United States. It is an ethnography, based on countless hours of personal...
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Published by When Falls the Colesium: A Journal of American Culture (or lack thereof)
ryant Simon, author of Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks, is a history professor at Temple University in Philadelphia and has spent years...
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Published by Red and Black
A little over 10 years ago it seemed Starbucks took over the world. Stores popped up on every corner, and it was not uncommon to wonder what made the company so expansive and what...
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Mar.07.2010
Published by pop dose
When is a cup of coffee more than just a cheap, quick pick-me-up? Pretty much always, if you’re the type of person who pays attention to where his food comes from and where it’s...
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Feb.25.2010
Published by RIchie Friedman
This is an interview, conversation.
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Feb.19.2010
Published by The Beacon
“We buy things to say something about ourselves,” claims Bryant Simon in his book Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks. In these pages, he analyzes...
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Jan.10.2010
Published by Time-Hearld
When Temple University history professor Bryant Simon embarked on a five-year, 11-country journey through 450 Starbucks, he didn't know if an eventual book would gather foam of...
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Dec.29.2009
Published by In These Times
Opening Lines: When Bryant Simon’s book, Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks (University of California Press, 2009) arrived in my mail, I thought,...
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Dec.27.2009
Published by Raliegh News and Observer
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BY LUCIANA CHAVEZ - Staff writer
Temple University professor Bryant Simon believes he knows the...
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Dec.09.2009
Published by Boston Phoenix
First few paragraphs:
In 50 states and 49 countries, the experience is the same: a placid sense of place, air suffused with the rich aromatics of fresh-brewed espresso. Customers...
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Dec.01.2009
Published by The Current
Here is the opening: Like T.S. Eliot’s protagonist J. Alfred Prufrock, Bryant Simon has measured his life in afternoons and coffee spoons. And the suits at Starbucks hate him for...
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Oct.03.2009
Published by Temple Times
See the accompanying youbtube presentation, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5qat1xTTfE
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Oct.01.2009
Published by CNN
Here’s something to think about over your next cup of coffee. There’s a new book about one of America’s most familiar modern icons. It’s called “Everything but the Coffee:...
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Sep.29.2009
Published by AP
What's true cost of a Starbucks latte, author asks
By KATHY MATHESON (AP) – 2 hours ago
PHILADELPHIA — If Bryant Simon owned a coffee shop, it would not have conversation-killing...
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Sep.22.2009
Published by The Pitch -- Kansas City
If you were depressed before you got your morning cup of coffee, then feel free to add a shot of kahlua before you keep reading. This will be a shock, but apparently it's your...
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About Bryant
Bryant Simon is Professor of History at Temple University and the author, most recently, of Everything But the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks and Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America.
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