TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pettigrew,Jane
TI  - A social history of tea
SN  - 070780289X
AV  - GT2907.G7 P48 2001
U1  - 641.33720941 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London
PB  - National Trust
KW  - Tea
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-185) and index; Machine generated contents note: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 8 -- The First Tea in England * The Origins of Tea -- The Journey to England * Tea in Coffee Houses -- * TeaatHome * TeaandMealtimes * EarlyTea -- Rituals * Tea Wares and Furniture -- THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 38 -- Tea for Sale * Illicit Tea * The Teas on Offer * -- Tea and Politics * Tea for the Lower Classes * How -- and When Tea was Drunk * Furniture and Tea Wares -- THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 88 -- Tea from India and Ceylon * Tea by Clipper Ship -- * Tea for Sale * Tea for Breakfast * Tea after Dinner -- * Afternoon Tea, a National Institution * High Tea -- * Royal Teas * The Tea-time Menu * Tea Gowns * -- Children's Teas * Tea for theWorkers * Tea, -- Temperance and Health * Out to Tea * Tea Wares -- THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 146 -- Tea's Universal Appeal * Tea in Wartime * Tea for -- Sale * Tea at Home * Tea for the Workers * Out to -- Tea * Tea Wares * Tea Today -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 182 -- EQUIVALENT VALUES OF THE POUND 185 -- LIST OF PLATES 186 -- INDEX 189
N2  - Drawing on the collections and archives of the National Trust, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of the social history of tea from the 17th century to the present day
ER  -