The Tale of Tea: A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day by Van Driem, George L.

The Tale of Tea: A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day

The Tale of Tea is the saga of globalisation. Tea gave birth to paper money, the Opium...
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Author: George L. Van Driem
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The Tale of Tea: A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day by Van Driem, George L.

The Tale of Tea: A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day

$316.74

The Tale of Tea: A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day

$316.74
Author: George L. Van Driem
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The Tale of Tea is the saga of globalisation. Tea gave birth to paper money, the Opium Wars and Hong Kong, triggered the Anglo-Dutch wars and the American war of independence, shaped the economies and military history of Táng and Sòng China and moulded Chinese art and culture. Whilst black tea dominates the global market today, such tea is a recent invention. No tea plantations existed in the world's largest black tea producing countries, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka, when the Dutch and the English went to war about tea in the 17th century. This book replaces popular myths about tea with recondite knowledge on the hidden origins and detailed history of today's globalised beverage in its many modern guises.


Author: George L. Van Driem
Publisher: Brill
Published: 12/11/2020
Pages: 924
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 6.00lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.90w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9789004444720

About the Author
George van Driem directs the Linguistics Institute at the University of Bern, where he occupies the Chair of Historical Linguistics. He has written grammars of Limbu, Dzongkha, Bumthang and Dumi and authored the two-volume ethnolinguistic handbook Languages of the Himalayas (Brill, 2001).


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