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In Seeds of Change, Henry Hobhouse takes six commercial plants - sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, quinine and the coca plant - and shows how man's need, or greed, for these products has changed the face of history and shaped destinies. A fascinating and highly original interpretation of large areas of history, it argues that these commodities have had a more profound impact on the world than most wars, battles and revolutions. Henry Hobhouse has expanded this edition to include the coca plant, tracing its enormous social and economic impact throughout the world. This is an important addition not only to Seeds of Change but also to our understanding of modern culture.
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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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- PublisherMacmillan Pub Ltd
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0333736281
- ISBN 13 9780333736289
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages381
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Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: New. New and Enlarged Edition. 381pp. b/w maps. New chapter on Coca plant Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 016442
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