Tea and Empire

Tea and Empire

James Taylor in Victorian Ceylon

McCarthy, Angela; Devine, T.

Manchester University Press

07/2017

272

Dura

Inglês

9781526119056

15 a 20 dias

This book brings to life for the first time the remarkable story of James Taylor, 'father of the Ceylon tea enterprise' in the nineteenth century, and examines the dark side of planting life including violence and conflict, oppression and despair. -- .
Introduction 1. Before Ceylon 2. The rise and fall of 'King Coffee' 3. Transition to tea 4. Globalising Ceylon tea 5. A Scottish effect? 6. A planter's life 7. Cross-cultural contact 8. Times to home 9. Triumph and tears: last years and legacy Afterword Index -- .
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