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by Erika Rappaport

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How the global tea industry influenced the international economy and the rise of mass consumerism

Tea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. For centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in land use, labor systems, market practices, and social hierarchies--the effects of which are with us even today. A Thirst for Empire takes an in-depth historical look at how men and women--through the tea industry in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa--transformed global tastes and habits. An expansive and original global history of imperial tea, A Thirst for Empire demonstrates the ways that this powerful enterprise helped shape the contemporary world.

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  • Title A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World
  • Author Erika Rappaport
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 568
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Publication date 2019-03-05
  • ISBN 9780691192703 / 0691192707
  • Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.6 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 4.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Category History - General History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 641.337

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Erika Rappaport is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Shopping for Pleasure (Princeton) and coeditor of Consuming Behaviors (Bloomsbury).

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