Tea : addiction, exploitation and empire
Moxham, Roy2003
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Moxham tells the story of Britain's obsession with tea and its impact on four centuries of British and world history. Once a tea-planter himself, he explains how tea was traded, grown, manufactured and marketed to satisfy the British thirst for fine tea and large profits.
Main title:
Tea : addiction, exploitation and empire / Roy Moxham.
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Imprint:
London : Constable, 2003.
Collation:
xii, 271 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-262) and index.
ISBN:
9781841195698 (hbk)
Dewey class:
641.337209641.3372
Local class:
641.3372
Language:
English
BRN:
1419905