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A Brief History of Tea - Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire (Paperback)
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A Brief History of Tea - Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire (Paperback)
Series: Brief Histories
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Discovery Miles 2 680
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'Absorbing and sometimes shocking' - Literary Review 'A masterful
historical study' - The Good Book Guide Behind the wholesome image
of the world's most popular drink lies a strangely murky and often
violent past. From its first discovery to the present day, this is
an extraordinary story of a great world obsession. When tea began
to be imported into the West from China in the seventeenth century,
its high price and heavy taxes made it an immediate target for
smuggling and dispute at every level, culminating in international
incidents like the notorious Boston Tea Party. In China itself the
British financed their tea dealings by the ruthless imposition of
the opium trade. Intrepid British tea planters soon began flocking
to India, Ceylon and Africa, setting up huge plantations; often
workers were bought and sold like slaves. Roy Moxham's account of
this extraordinary history begins with his own sojourn in Africa,
managing 500 acres of tea and a thousand-strong workforce. His
experiences inform the book and led him to investigate the early
history of tea - and the results of his researches reflect little
credit on the British Empire, while often revealing a fascinating
world story.
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