In this sweeping chronicle of guarana—a glossy-leaved Amazonian vine packed with more
caffeine than any other plant—Seth Garfield develops a wide-ranging approach to the …

Imagine an Indigenous Amazonian stimulant plant, colonized, classified, and coveted by
Western medicine by the nineteenth century, added into an energizing secret-formula soda …

In this new book, Seth Garfield demonstrates his vast knowledge of Brazil, moving gracefully
through the different political, environmental, and economic contexts that shaped the history …

Seth Garfield's book fills a gap in the historiography by providing the first thorough study on
the history of guaraná. Using a variety of sources such as missionary accounts, scientific …

Anyone who has ever visited Brazil will have encountered a softdrink they never heard of
before they arrived in the country: Guaraná. It is served alongside other globally identifiable …

What can the social life of yerba mate or guaraná tell us about the history of capitalism in the
global periphery and the processes of colonialism, national formation, urbanization, and …

ANYONE WHO HAS EVER VISITED BRAZIL will have encountered a soft drink they never
heard of before they arrived in the country: Guaraná. It is served alongside other globally …

No one better represents the mid-nineteenth-century Brazilian literary movement known as
Indianism than José Martiniano de Alencar (1829–1877). Born in the northeastern city of …

This article discusses the role played by the production of sugar and cane liquor
(aguardente) in the seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Amazon region. It shows how …

Over the past century the Guarani, who used to roam across the southwestern state, have
been herded into small reservations as farmers take over their ancestral lands to farm. But in …