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For All the Tea in China

By Sarah Rose

For All the Tea in China Business, Finance & Career

For All the Tea in China

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"If ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it." -The Washington Post In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China, forcing it to make the drastic decision of sending Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to steal the crop from deep within China and bring it back to British plantations in India. Fortune's danger-filled odyssey, magnificently recounted here, reads like adventure fiction, revealing a long-forgotten chapter of the past and the wondrous origins of a seemingly ordinary beverage.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2011-02-22
Publication Date:
2011-02-22
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0143118749
ISBN13:
9780143118749
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
184 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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