A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World

Erika RappaportPrinceton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691192703

A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World coverA Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World cover

A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World

Erika RappaportPrinceton University Press

ISBN-10: 0691192707 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691192703

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A comprehensive historical analysis of how the global tea industry revolutionized international trade, corporate branding, and consumer behavior.

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Publisher: Princeton University PressPages: 568

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Author: Erika Rappaport

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Inferred: Business HistoryInferred: Colonial HistoryInferred: Economic HistoryInferred: Global TradeInferred: History Of ConsumerismInferred: Imperial HistoryInferred: Material CultureInferred: Tea TradeInferred: British EmpireInferred: Consumerism

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