The empire of tea : the remarkable history of the plant that took over the world / Alan Macfarlane a...
The empire of tea : the remarkable history of the plant that took over the world / Alan Macfarlane a...
The empire of tea : the remarkable history of the plant that took over the world / Alan Macfarlane and Iris Macfarlane.
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Publisher
New York : Overlook Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
Call Numbers
N641.3372/12
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Alan Macfarlane -- 1. Iris Macfarlane: Memoirs of a Memsahib -- Pt. I. Bewitched -- 2. The Story of an Addiction -- 3. Froth of the Liquid Jade -- 4. Tea Comes to the West -- Pt. II. Enslaved -- 5. Enchantment -- 6. Replacing China -- 7. Green Gold -- 8. Tea Mania: Assam 1839-1880 --...
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Publisher
New York : Overlook Press, 2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"The Empire of Tea also incorporates personal stories of the people whose lives have been affected by their contact with the global obsession with tea, including the elegantly detailed account of Iris Macfarlane about her life on a tea estate in the Indian province of Assam, the world's center of tea cultivation."--BOOK JACKET....
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The empire of tea : the remarkable history of the plant that took over the world / Alan Macfarlane and Iris Macfarlane.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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N641.3372/12
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74Vv5dEQmzR3
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ISBN
1585674931 (alk. paper)
9781585674930 (alk. paper)
DDC
641.3372
MMS ID
991017615759702626
