Book
For all the tea in China : how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history
Publication Information
New York : Viking, 2010.
Physical Description
x, 261 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
First published: London : Hutchinson, 2009, with title For all the tea in China : espionage, empire, and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink.
Contents
- Min River, China, 1845
- East India House, City of London, 12 January 1848
- Chelsea Physic Garden, 7 May 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
- Saharunpur, 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.
Subjects
- Tea trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
- Tea trade > China > History > 19th century.
- Tea > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
- Tea > China > History > 19th century.
- Spies > Great Britain > Biography.
- Business intelligence > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
- China > Description and travel.
- Himalaya Mountains > Description and travel.
- East India Company > History > 19th century.
- Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880 > Travel-China.