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For all the tea in China : how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history / Sarah Rose.
Lippincott Library HD9198.G72 R67 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Sarah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880.
- East India Company.
- Tea trade--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Tea trade.
- Tea trade--China--History--19th century.
- Tea--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Tea.
- Tea--China--History--19th century.
- Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880--Travel--China.
- Fortune, Robert.
- Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
- Spies.
- History.
- Business intelligence.
- Travel.
- Great Britain.
- China.
- Business intelligence--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- East India Company--History--19th century.
- China--Description and travel.
- Himalaya Mountains--Description and travel.
- Himalaya Mountains.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 261 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2010.
- Summary:
- Rose's remarkable account follows the journey of Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, who was deployed by the British East India Company to steal China's tea secrets in 1848. This thrilling narrative combines history, geography, and old-fashioned adventure.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Min River, China, 1845
- East India House, City of London, January 12, 1848
- Chelsea Physic Garden, May 7, 1848
- Shanghai to Hangzhou, September 1848
- Zhejiang Province near Hangzhou, October 1848
- A green tea factory, Yangtze River, October 1848
- House of Wang, Anhui Province, November 1848
- Shanghai at the Lunar New Year, January 1849
- Calcutta Botanic Garden, March 1849
- Saharunpur, North-West Provinces, June 1849
- Ningbo to Bohea, the Great Tea Road, May and June 1849
- Bohea, July 1849
- Pucheng, September 1849
- Shanghai, Autumn 1849
- Shanghai, February 1851
- Himalayan Mountains, May 1851
- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1852
- Tea for the Victorians
- Fortune's story.
- Notes:
- Originally published : London : Hutchinson, 2009, with title For all the tea in China : espionage, empire, and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780670021529
- 0670021520
- OCLC:
- 430052042
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