Jason Goodwin, inspired by his grandmothers who spent their lives in China and India observing the custom of afternoon tea, set off to explore the relics of this imperial age and its worldwide trade, delving into the extraordinary history of tea. Evoking a vanished world, he follows the origin of tea, its use, influence and importance, from the the Canton factories through the establishment of British India and the Opium Wars, all the way to that great tea metropolis, London.
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Jason Goodwin, inspired by his grandmothers who spent their lives in China and India observing the custom of afternoon tea, set off to explore the relics of this imperial age and its worldwide trade, delving into the extraordinary history of tea. Evoking a vanished world, he follows the origin of tea, its use, influence and importance, from the the Canton factories through the establishment of British India and the Opium Wars, all the way to that great tea metropolis, London.
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Very Good. Very Good Jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Hardcover Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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London, Chatto & Windus, 1990, hardcover, 230 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bump to head of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. An exploration of both the history and geography of the tea trade from its origins in Canton China, through British India, to London in the present day. Illustrated with one small map. Appended: Glossary. ISBN 9780701136208
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New. Size: 9x6x1; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. The author's grandmothers spent their lives in China and India, daily observing the imperial custom of afternoon tea. Inspired by their memories he set off to explore the fast-disappearing relics of their world-an exploration which reached back into the history of the tea trade. In a journey through the lost European cities of the China coast, the crumbling tea city of Calcutta, and the legendary gardens of Bohea and Darjeeling, the author evokes past and present with a sense of the ironies of history, following the tea trade from its origins in the Canton factories through the Opium Wars and the settlement of British India, to its influence in the present day.
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Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Price clipped on dust jacket. Small closed tear on top edge of rear panel of dust jacket.
