Tea and the Tea-Table in Eighteenth-Century England Vol 2

Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton, Ben Dew, Matthew Mauger

ISBN 10: 1138757616 / ISBN 13: 9781138757615

Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB, 2010

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This four-volume, reset collection takes as its starting point the earliest substantial descriptions of tea as a commodity in the mid-seventeenth century, and ends in the early nineteenth century with two key events: the discovery of tea plants in Assam in 1823, and the dissolution of the East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade in 1833.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tea and the Tea-Table in Eighteenth-Century England Vol 2
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138757616
• ISBN 13: 9781138757615
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 453 grams

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Synopsis

This four-volume, reset collection takes as its starting point the earliest substantial descriptions of tea as a commodity in the mid-seventeenth century, and ends in the early nineteenth century with two key events: the discovery of tea plants in Assam in 1823, and the dissolution of the East India Company’s monopoly on the tea trade in 1833.

About the Author

Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton, Ben Dew, Matthew Mauger