Tea and the Tea-Table in Eighteenth-Century England Vol 2
| Author | : Markman Ellis |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2024-08-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781040232613 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1040232612 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (612 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tea and the Tea-Table in Eighteenth-Century England Vol 2 by : Markman Ellis
Download or read book Tea and the Tea-Table in Eighteenth-Century England Vol 2 written by Markman Ellis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.