Tea
Addiction, Exploitation and Empire
by Roy Moxham
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Working backward from his own involvement in the business--he worked on a tea plantation in Malawi when he was a young man--Roy Moxham traces the history of Britain's long love affair with tea from its beginning as a chic new imported drink in the 17th century. Its ramifications through the centuries encompass crime, medicine, slavery, and colonialism.
Editions of Tea
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Running Pr Book Pub |
Date 2003 |
Price $8.50 |
 Used - Good |
Publisher Notes
A comprehensive treatment of the single commodity that helped shape an empire explores the role of tea in England's wars with China and her own colonists in America, while exploring its role in shaping the economic fortunes of the British Empire from London to Africa to the coast of India.
Media Reviews
"Unflinching annals of commodity-driven colonialism."
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