This title explores the stories of seven plants - tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, quinine, cotton and rubber - whose discovery and cultivation changed the destinies of countries from America to China, India to Brazil. It investigates the complex legacy of trade routes overseas, the engine and imperative for colonial expansion, and shows how great fortunes were built upon a dark history of espionage, slavery, danger and conflict. From the race to colonize the Americas to the devious smuggling of tea from China and the cynical ...
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This title explores the stories of seven plants - tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, quinine, cotton and rubber - whose discovery and cultivation changed the destinies of countries from America to China, India to Brazil. It investigates the complex legacy of trade routes overseas, the engine and imperative for colonial expansion, and shows how great fortunes were built upon a dark history of espionage, slavery, danger and conflict. From the race to colonize the Americas to the devious smuggling of tea from China and the cynical opium trade, the compulsive historical drive towards riches and exploration is evoked. Interwoven with this are the tales of those who depended on them, from pioneering planters and their workforces to merchants who risked piracy and shipwreck in the pursuit of profit. Together, these dramatic stories offer a perspective upon events whose consequences still reverberate today.
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8vo, paperback. New. Bright, crisp & clean, unread; covers glossy. Tiniest ding to upper spine from storage. 192 p., illus. Explores the stories of seven plants-tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, quinine, cotton and rubber-whose history and cultivation changed the destinies of countries from America to China, India to Brazil.
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