TY  - BOOK
AU  - Macfarlane,Alan
AU  - Macfarlane,Iris
TI  - The empire of tea: the remarkable history of the plant that took over the world 
SN  - 1585674931
AV  - GT2905 .M33 2004
U1  - 641.3372 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Woodstock, N.Y.
PB  - Overlook Press
KW  - Tea
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Tea trade
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index; 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 --; 9; Empires of Tea --; 10; Industrial Tea --; 11; Tea Labour --; Pt. III; Embodied --; 12; Tea Today --; 13; Tea, Body and Mind --; 14; Bewitched Water
N2  - "From the fourth century B.C. in China, where it was used as an aid in Buddhist meditation, to the Boston Tea Party in 1773, when its destruction became a rousing symbol of the American Revolution, to its present-day role as the single most consumed beverage on the planet, The Empire of Tea explores the effects of the humble Camelia plant - both tragic and liberating - in the history of civilization. Incorporating research from a wide range of sources, renowned cultural anthropologist Alan Macfarlane recounts the history of tea from its origins as a wild plant in the Eastern Himalayas, and details its past and continuing effects on culture, art, politics, and environment around the world. He explains, among other things, how tea became the world's most prevalent addiction, how tea was used as an instrument of imperial control, and how the cultivation of tea led to the invention of machines and technology during the industrial revolution and beyond." "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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