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Green Gold: The Empire of Tea by Alan Macfarlane and Iris Macfarlane examines how tea evolved from a Chinese beverage into a global commodity that shaped trade, empire, and social life. The book explores tea’s role in the rise of the British Empire and its lasting impact on the modern world.
Themes & subjects
TeaTea tradeTea industryHistory of teaBritish EmpireChina
First published 2003Characters & people
Setting
17th century18th century19th centuryEarly modern periodBritish Empire
About the author
Alan Macfarlane
1941
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