From coffee to tea cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900 [electronic resource] : an economic and social history / by Roland Wenzlhuemer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenzlhuemer, Roland.

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; v. 29.

Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coffee industry--Sri Lanka--History.

Coffee industry.

Tea trade--Sri Lanka--History.

Tea trade.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Sri Lanka.

Agriculture.

Sri Lanka--Economic conditions.

Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka--Social conditions.

Sri Lanka--Commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early 1880's a disastrous plant disease diminished the yields of the hitherto flourishing coffee plantation of Ceylon. Coincidentally, world market conditions for coffee were becoming increasingly unfavourable. The combination of these factors brought a swift end to coffee cultivation in the British crown colony and pushed the island into a severe economic crisis. When Ceylon re-emerged from this crisis only a decade later, its economy had been thoroughly transformed and now rested on the large-scale cultivation of tea. This book uses the unprecedented intensity and swiftness of this process to highlight the socioeconomic interconnections and dependencies in tropical export economies in the late nineteenth century and it shows how dramatically Ceylonese society was affected by the economic transformation.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter One. Introduction / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Two. Geography / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Three. History / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Four. Demography / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Five. Export Economy / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Six. Resources / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Seven. Subsistence / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Eight. Administration / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Nine. Education / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Ten. New Elites / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Eleven. Immigrants / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Twelve. Revivals / R. Wenzlhuemer

Chapter Thirteen. Conclusion / R. Wenzlhuemer

Bibliography / R. Wenzlhuemer

Index / R. Wenzlhuemer.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-325) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-06055-8

9786613060556

90-474-3217-7

OCLC:

711004337