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<div>A history of capitalism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century China and India exploring the competition between their tea industries</div>
<b>A history of capitalism in nineteenthβ and twentiethβcentury China and India that explores the competition between their tea industries</b><br /> Β <br /> Tea remains the worldβs most popular commercial drink today, and at the turn of the twentieth century, it represented the largest export indust
This book describes China's encounter with capitalism from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. It poses poignant questions in simple language, guides the reader through a complex literature and presents a unique point of view.
<p><i>Tea in China</i> explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity and popular beverage. The work traces the development of tea drinking from its mythical origins to the nineteenth century and examines the change
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<span>From its rise in the 1830s to its pinnacle in the 1930s, the opium trade was a guiding force in the Chinese political economy. Opium money was inextricably bound up in local, national, and imperial finances, and the people who piloted the trade were integral to the fabric of Chinese society. I