The Gunpowder Gardens
Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea
Seiten
2003
|
New edition
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-100678-9 (ISBN)
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-100678-9 (ISBN)
- Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage - Artikel merken
This is an account of the author's travels along the old tea trading routes of the Far East. The closely observed detail, both historical and personal, is at once both informative and amusing.
Jason Goodwin, inspired by his grandmothers who spent their lives in China and India observing the custom of afternoon tea, set off to explore the relics of this imperial age and its worldwide trade, delving into the extraordinary history of tea. Evoking a vanished world, he follows the origin of tea, its use, influence and importance, from the the Canton factories through the establishment of British India and the Opium Wars, all the way to that great tea metropolis, London.
Jason Goodwin, inspired by his grandmothers who spent their lives in China and India observing the custom of afternoon tea, set off to explore the relics of this imperial age and its worldwide trade, delving into the extraordinary history of tea. Evoking a vanished world, he follows the origin of tea, its use, influence and importance, from the the Canton factories through the establishment of British India and the Opium Wars, all the way to that great tea metropolis, London.
Jason Goodwin is a historian, journalist and travel writer. He is the author of ON FOOT TO THE GOLDEN HORN: A WALK TO ISTANBUL and LORDS OF THE HORIZON: A HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. GREENBACK, his history of the American dollar, is being published by Hamish Hamilton in February 2003.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.2.2003 |
---|---|
Zusatzinfo | glossary |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 126 x 196 mm |
Gewicht | 180 g |
Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien |
ISBN-10 | 0-14-100678-1 / 0141006781 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-100678-9 / 9780141006789 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich