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Traces the history of five commercial plants - sugar, tea, cotton, potatoes and quinine - and seeks to illustrate how man`s need, or greed, for these products has shaped human development. This edition includes a chapter on the coca plant, demonstrating its social, political and economic effect.
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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
About the Author
Henry Hobhouse has served on various academic, scholastic and local government bodies. He has been a member of various government advisory bodies, a consultant to the Quincentenary of Columbus Exhibition, the Smithsonian Institute and Chariman of Herstmonceux. His other books include Forces Of Change.
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- PublisherPan Books
- ISBN 10 0330493167
- ISBN 13 9780330493161
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom, London, 2002
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. They are Quinine, that allowed Europeans to dominate the Tropics; Sugar, that changed the Caribbean population from Red Arawaks and Caribs to White Masters and Black Slaves; Tea, that inter alia, led to the destruction of classical China through the use by traders of opium in exchange for tea; Cotton, that, like sugar in the Caribbean, led to a slave-economy in the Southern United States; and finally, the Potato, which produced huge increases in the Irish population and, when disease struck the potato, famine followed as did the greening of some of the United States. Through the histories of these five key crops, Hobhouse demonstrates how man's need, or greed, for these products has changed the face of history and shaped destinies. 'This marvellous book is hard to beat.' Sunday Telegraph 'Fascinating . makes you think about the mysterious and often paradoxical ways in which providence operates' Daily Mail 'A wonderful read, provocative and well-informed' Independent. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002788940
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