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100 1 _aRose, Sarah.
245 1 0 _aFor all the tea in China :
_bhow England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history /
_cSarah Rose.
260 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Books,
_c2010.
300 _ax, 259 p. ;
_c22 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: London : Hutchinson, 2009, with title For all the tea in China : espionage, empire, and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-254) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue -- Min River, China, 1845 -- East India House, City of London, January 12, 1848 -- Chelsea Physic Garden, May 7, 1848 -- Shanghai to Hangzhou, September 1848 -- Zhejiang Province near Hangzhou, October 1848 -- A green tea factory, Yangtze River, October 1848 -- House of Wang, Anhui Province, November 1848 -- Shanghai at the Lunar New Year, January 1849 -- Calcutta Botanic Garden, March 1849 -- Saharanpur, North-West Provinces, June 1849 -- Ningbo to Bohea, the Great Tea Road, May and June 1849 -- Bohea, July 1849 -- Pucheng, September 1849 -- Shanghai, Autumn 1849 -- Shanghai, February 1851 -- Himalayan Mountains, May 1851 -- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1852 -- Tea for the Victorians -- Fortune's story.
520 _aRose's remarkable account follows the journey of Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, who was deployed by the British East India Company to steal China's tea secrets in 1848. This thrilling narrative combines history, geography, and old-fashioned adventure.
650 0 _aTea trade
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aTea trade
_zChina
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aTea
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aTea
_zChina
_xHistory
_y19th century.
600 1 0 _aFortune, Robert,
_d1813-1880
_xTravel
_zChina.
650 0 _aSpies
_zGreat Britain
_vBiography.
650 0 _aBusiness intelligence
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
610 2 0 _aEast India Company
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aChina
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aHimalaya Mountains
_xDescription and travel.
650 4 _a
_xComercio
_zChina
650 4 _a
_xComercio
_zGran Bretaña.
650 4 _a
_xIndustria y comercio
_zChina
_ySiglo XIX.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041482-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041482-d.html
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