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This four-volume, reset collection takes as its starting point the
earliest substantial descriptions of tea as a commodity in the
mid-seventeenth century, and ends in the early nineteenth century
with two key events: the discovery of tea plants in Assam in 1823,
and the dissolution of the East India Company's monopoly on the tea
trade in 1833.
This four-volume, reset collection takes as its starting point the
earliest substantial descriptions of tea as a commodity in the
mid-seventeenth century, and ends in the early nineteenth century
with two key events: the discovery of tea plants in Assam in 1823,
and the dissolution of the East India Company's monopoly on the tea
trade in 1833.
This four-volume, reset collection takes as its starting point the
earliest substantial descriptions of tea as a commodity in the
mid-seventeenth century, and ends in the early nineteenth century
with two key events: the discovery of tea plants in Assam in 1823,
and the dissolution of the East India Company's monopoly on the tea
trade in 1833.
This four-volume, reset collection takes as its starting point the
earliest substantial descriptions of tea as a commodity in the
mid-seventeenth century, and ends in the early nineteenth century
with two key events: the discovery of tea plants in Assam in 1823,
and the dissolution of the East India Company's monopoly on the tea
trade in 1833.
Tea has a rich and well-documented past. The beverage originated in
Asia long before making its way to seventeenth-century London,
where it became an exotic, highly sought-after commodity. Over the
subsequent two centuries, tea's powerful psychoactive properties
seduced British society, becoming popular across the nation from
castle to cottage. Now the world's most popular drink, tea was one
of the first truly global products to find a mass market, with tea
drinking now stereotypically associated with British identity. The
delicate flavour profile and hot preparation of tea inspired poets,
artists and satirists. Tea was embroiled in controversy, from the
gossip of the domestic tea table to the civil disorder occasioned
by smuggling and the political scandal of the Boston Tea Party.
Based on extensive original research, and now available in
paperback, Empire of Tea provides a rich cultural history that
explores how the British `way of tea' became the norm across the
Anglophone world.
This study offers an authoritative and readable account of the
hidden history of book theft in eighteenth-century London. It
exploits a rich primary source, the compelling narratives of crime
contained in the digitised Proceedings of the Old Bailey. The
authors explain how cases of book theft came to court, and how in
the ensuing trials the nature of the book itself became a question
for legal debate. They assess the motives which led Londoners to
steal books and the methods they employed in thefts from households
and booksellers. Finally, the authors ask what the Proceedings
tells us about the social ownership of books, and how the
phenomenon of book theft differently affected book producers and
consumers. Stealing Books in Eighteenth-Century London will appeal
to readers interested in the connected histories of metropolitan
life, crime, and the book in this period, and in the uses of
digital resources in humanities research.
If you can't write a recipe in six lines it's unlikely to be used.
The recipes in this book are simple and produce good results with
minimum effort.
Oriental Networks explores forms of interconnectedness between
Western and Eastern hemispheres during the long eighteenth century,
a period of improving transportation technology, expansion of
intercultural contacts, and the emergence of a global economy. In
eight case studies and a substantial introduction, the volume
examines relationships between individuals and institutions,
precursors to modern networks that engaged in forms of
intercultural exchange. Addressing the exchange of cultural
commodities (plants, animals, and artifacts), cultural practices
and ideas, the roles of ambassadors and interlopers, and the
literary and artistic representation of networks, networkers, and
networking, contributors discuss the effects on people previously
separated by vast geographical and cultural distance. Rather than
idealizing networks as inherently superior to other forms of
organization, Oriental Networks also considers Enlightenment
expressions of resistance to networking that inform modern
skepticism toward the concept of the global network and its
politics. In doing so the volume contributes to the increasingly
global understanding of culture and communication. Published by
Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers
University Press.
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