A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World
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A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World
By (Author) Erika Rappaport
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
14th May 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
European history
Asian history
Social and cultural history
641.3372
Physical Properties
Paperback
568
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
How the global tea industry influenced the international economy and the rise of mass consumerism Tea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. For centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes-in land use, labor systems, market practices, and
Reviews
"Winner of a 2018 Gourmand World Cookbook Award, U.S. National Winner in Tea"
"Winner of the 2018 PCCBS Book Prize, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies"
"Co-Winner of the 2018 ASFS Book Award, Association for the Study of Food and Society"
"Winner of the 2018 Jerry Bentley Prize in World History, American Historical Association"
Author Bio
Erika Rappaport is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Shopping for Pleasure (Princeton) and coeditor of Consuming Behaviors (Bloomsbury).
