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Hobhouse, Henry

 
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A new interpretation of the past five hundred years of human history examines how the transfer of quinine, sugar, tea, cotton, and the potato from their native habitats to new settings have changed the world

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Five plants--quinine, sugar cane, tea, cotton, and potato--have been powerful political historical catalysts, argues this speculative journalist. "Wise and witty . . . deserves to become a classic."--Publishers Weekly
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Henry Hobhouse worked as a journalist for The Economist, News Chronicle, Daily Express, and Wall Street Journal, becoming, in 1948, the first Director of CBS-TV News.

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  • PublisherHarperCollins
  • Publication date1987
  • ISBN 10 0060914408
  • ISBN 13 9780060914400
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages272
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