A SOCIAL HISTORY OF TEA: TEA'S INFLUENCE ON COMMERCE, By Jane Pettigrew & Bruce

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ISBN
9780983610625
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Benjamin Press
ISBN-10
0983610622
ISBN-13
9780983610625
eBay Product ID (ePID)
170195663

Product Key Features

Book Title
Social History of Tea : Tea's Influence on Commerce, Culture and Community
Number of Pages
247 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Social History, Beverages / Coffee & Tea, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Cooking, History
Author
Bruce Richardson, Jane Pettigrew
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
22.8 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7 in

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Trade
Reviews
"Here is history as it should be written. In a spell-binding way the story skips merrily along while seeming to skip nothing; it moves quickly but never seems to hurry. Any lover of quaint and curious lore will spend happy hours taking instruction from these authors." -- James Norwood Pratt
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Decimal
641.3372
Synopsis
British writer and tea historian Jane Pettigrew has joined forces again with American tea writer Bruce Richardson to chronicle the fascinating story of tea's influence on British and American culture, commerce and community spanning nearly four centuries. These two leading tea professionals have seen first-hand the current tea renaissance sweeping modern culture and have written over two dozen books on the subject of tea, including The New Tea Companion . No beverage has shaped Western civilization more than the ancient elixir - tea. Follow tea's amazing journey from Canton to London, Boston and beyond as these two leaders of today's tea renaissance weave a fascinating story detailing how the leaves of a simple Asian plant shaped the culture and politics of both the United Kingdom and the United States. CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: First Tea in England * East India Company * America's Thirst for Tea * Tea Jars & Caddies THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: Teas for Sale * Tea Smuggling * Tea Etiquette * Liberty Tea * Boston Tea Party THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: An Empire Built on Tea * Jane Austen's Tea Things * Afternoon Tea * Glasgow Tea Movement * Tea & Suffrage THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Teabags * The Tea Room Movement * Wartime Tea * Rise of American Tea Brands * Tea Dances * Specialty Tea THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY The American Teasmith * Tea & Health * The Starbucks Effect * Culinary Tea, British writer and tea historian Jane Pettigrew has joined forces again with American tea writer Bruce Richardson to chronicle the fascinating story of tea's influence on British and American culture, commerce and community spanning nearly four centuries. These two leading tea professionals have seen first-hand the current tea renaissance sweeping modern culture and have written over two dozen books on the subject of tea, including The New Tea Companion . No beverage has shaped Western civilization more than the ancient elixir - tea. Follow tea's amazing journey from Canton to London, Boston and beyond as these two leaders of today's tea renaissance weave a fascinating story detailing how the leaves of a simple Asian plant shaped the culture and politics of both the United Kingdom and the United States.
LC Classification Number
GT2907.G7P48 2014

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