For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History
ISBN-13:
9780143118749
ISBN-10:
0143118749
Edition:
0
Author:
Sarah Rose
Publication date:
2011
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Format:
Paperback
272 pages
Category:
Economic History
,
Economics
,
Coffee & Tea
,
Beverages & Wine
,
Party Planning
,
Entertaining & Holidays
,
China
,
Asian History
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ISBN-13:
9780143118749
ISBN-10:
0143118749
Edition:
0
Author:
Sarah Rose
Publication date:
2011
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Format:
Paperback
272 pages
Category:
Economic History
,
Economics
,
Coffee & Tea
,
Beverages & Wine
,
Party Planning
,
Entertaining & Holidays
,
China
,
Asian History
Summary
For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History (ISBN-13: 9780143118749 and ISBN-10: 0143118749), written by authors
Sarah Rose, was published by Penguin Books in 2011.
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"If ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it." -The Washington Post
In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China, forcing it to make the drastic decision of sending Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to steal the crop from deep within China and bring it back to British plantations in India. Fortune's danger-filled odyssey, magnificently recounted here, reads like adventure fiction, revealing a long-forgotten chapter of the past and the wondrous origins of a seemingly ordinary beverage.
In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China, forcing it to make the drastic decision of sending Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to steal the crop from deep within China and bring it back to British plantations in India. Fortune's danger-filled odyssey, magnificently recounted here, reads like adventure fiction, revealing a long-forgotten chapter of the past and the wondrous origins of a seemingly ordinary beverage.
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