For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History Paperback - 2011
by Sarah Rose
"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.
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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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- Title For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History
- Author Sarah Rose
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2011-02-22
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143118749 / 0143118749
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.72 x 5.09 x 0.51 in (19.61 x 12.93 x 1.30 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Dewey Decimal Code 382.413
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