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020			_a1585674931 _qhbk. (alk. paper)
020			_a9781585674930 _qhbk. (alk. paper)
035			_a(DLC) 2003063975
035			_a(OCoLC)53325050
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050	0	0	_aGT2905 _b.M33 2004
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100	1		_aMacfarlane, Alan, _eauthor. _91071939
245	1	4	_aThe empire of tea : _bthe remarkable history of the plant that took over the world / _cAlan Macfarlane and Iris Macfarlane.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aWoodstock, N.Y. : _bOverlook Press, _c2004.
300			_axi, 308 pages : _billustrations ; _c19 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index.
505	0	0	_tIntroduction / _rAlan Macfarlane -- _g1. _tIris Macfarlane: Memoirs of a Memsahib -- _gPt. I. _tBewitched -- _g2. _tThe Story of an Addiction -- _g3. _tFroth of the Liquid Jade -- _g4. _tTea Comes to the West -- _gPt. II. _tEnslaved -- _g5. _tEnchantment -- _g6. _tReplacing China -- _g7. _tGreen Gold -- _g8. _tTea Mania: Assam 1839-1880 -- _g9. _tEmpires of Tea -- _g10. _tIndustrial Tea -- _g11. _tTea Labour -- _gPt. III. _tEmbodied -- _g12. _tTea Today -- _g13. _tTea, Body and Mind -- _g14. _tBewitched Water.
520	1		_a"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.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
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650		0	_aTea _xSocial aspects _9635145
650		0	_aTea trade _xHistory _9661359
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