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The Trouble With Tea
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Author : Jane T. Merritt
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2017-02-04
The Trouble With Tea written by Jane T. Merritt and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-04 with History categories.
How tea’s political meaning shaped the culture and economy of the Anglo-American world. Americans imagined tea as central to their revolution. After years of colonial boycotts against the commodity, the Sons of Liberty kindled the fire of independence when they dumped tea in the Boston harbor in 1773. To reject tea as a consumer item and symbol of “taxation without representation” was to reject Great Britain as master of the American economy and government. But tea played a longer and far more complicated role in American economic history than the events at Boston suggest. In The Trouble with Tea, historian Jane T. Merritt explores tea as a central component of eighteenth-century global trade and probes its connections to the politics of consumption. Arguing that tea caused trouble over the course of the eighteenth century in several different ways, Merritt traces the multifaceted impact of that luxury item on British imperial policy, colonial politics, and the financial structure of merchant companies. Merritt challenges the assumption among economic historians that consumer demand drove merchants to provide an ever-increasing supply of goods, thus sparking a consumer revolution in the early eighteenth century. The Trouble with Tea reveals a surprising truth: that concerns about the British political economy, coupled with the corporate machinations of the East India Company, brought an abundance of tea to Britain, causing the company to target North America as a potential market for surplus tea. American consumers only slowly habituated themselves to the beverage, aided by clever marketing and the availability of Caribbean sugar. Indeed, the “revolution” in consumer activity that followed came not from a proliferation of goods, but because the meaning of these goods changed. By the 1750s, British subjects at home and in America increasingly purchased and consumed tea on a daily basis; once thought a luxury, tea had become a necessity. This fascinating look at the unpredictable path of a single commodity will change the way readers look at both tea and the emergence of America. “By tackling a commodity we think we already know in its political, economic, and cultural dimensions, Jane T. Merritt demonstrates that the true story of tea is more complex and global than readers might expect. The Trouble with Tea is a surprising and detailed look at how the long-term moral debates over tea overlapped with and offered a vocabulary for the politicized debates of the Revolutionary War era.” —Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor, author of The Ties that Buy: Women and Commerce in Revolutionary America “Long before Bostonians dumped tea overboard, tea was trouble: as trading companies pushed it and consumers sipped it, tea sparked debates over free trade and dangerous luxuries. With her wide-ranging command of global commerce and domestic politics, Merritt tells a vital tale about how tea shaped our world.” —Benjamin L. Carp, author of Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
The Trouble With Tea
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Author : Jane T. Merritt
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2017-03
The Trouble With Tea written by Jane T. Merritt and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03 with Business & Economics categories.
This fascinating look at the unpredictable path of a single commodity will change the way readers look at both tea and the emergence of America.
Tea With The Black Dragon
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Author : R. A. MacAvoy
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-06-18
Tea With The Black Dragon written by R. A. MacAvoy and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-18 with Fiction categories.
Martha Macnamara knows that her daughter Elizabeth is in trouble, she just doesn't know what kind. Mysterious phone calls from San Francisco at odd hours of the night are the only contact she has had with Elizabeth for years. Now, Elizabeth has sent her a plane ticket and reserved a room for her at San Francisco's most luxurious hotel. Yet she has not tried to contact Martha since she arrived, leaving her lonely, confused and a little bit worried. Into the story steps Mayland Long, a distinguished-looking and wealthy Chinese man who lives at the hotel and is drawn to Martha's good nature and ability to pinpoint the truth of a matter. Mayland and Martha become close in a short period of time and he promises to help her find Elizabeth, making small inroads in the mystery before Martha herself disappears. Now Mayland is struck by the realization, too late, that he is in love with Martha, and now he fears for her life. Determined to find her, he sets his prodigious philosopher's mind to work on the problem, embarking on a potentially dangerous adventure.
The Trouble With Demons
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Author : Lisa Shearin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-04-28
The Trouble With Demons written by Lisa Shearin and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-28 with Fiction categories.
For seeker Raine Benares, a demon infestation on the Isle of Mid couldn't come at a worse time. Already fighting the influence of the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone, Raine discovers she is also magically bonded to a dark mage and a white knight, two dangerous and powerful men on opposing sides. Turns out, the demons want the key to unlock the Saghred. As a seeker, Raine should be able to find it first. As the axis of light and dark powers, she's a magical cataclysm waiting to happen.
The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane
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Author : Lisa See
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-03-21
The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane written by Lisa See and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-21 with Fiction categories.
The story of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple, tracing the very different cultural factors that compel them to consume a rare native tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations.
The Trouble With Polly Brown
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Author : Tricia Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Creation House
Release Date : 2012-02-27
The Trouble With Polly Brown written by Tricia Bennett and has been published by Creation House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-27 with Fiction categories.
In this second novel of the Polly Brown trilogy, we find Polly a few years older, and still enduring continual trials and tribulations at the hands of her ruthless guardians, uncaring teachers, and extremely cruel foster siblings. Although Polly is slow to trust a new friend--William, the new boy at school--she all too soon finds herself sharing the details of her unbelievable past adventures. When a shocking accusation finds her in more trouble than ever, Polly begins to lose her inner strength and self-confidence. With the help of some new friends and a few larger-than-life old friends--who create absolute pandemonium while attempting to rescue Polly as well as a few other troubled children--Polly finds her way back to a place where innocent, mistreated people are shown the love and kindness that they deserve. Will Polly Brown be able to regain her hope and confidence, and reinforce her belief in what she knows, deep down, to be true? " The Trouble with Polly Brown tugs at the emotional heartstrings, you want to laugh, cry and love Polly throughout. A desperate girl in a desperate world, dealing with many issues, bullying included, she is dramatically rescued by an old friend. The ongoing painful world of Polly Brown is beautifully written from the heart."
The Trouble With Hating You
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Author : Sajni Patel
language : en
Publisher: Forever
Release Date : 2020-05-12
The Trouble With Hating You written by Sajni Patel and has been published by Forever this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with Fiction categories.
A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy debut about first impressions, second chances, and finding the love of your life in the most unexpected way. Liya Thakkar is a successful biochemical engineer, takeout enthusiast, and happily single woman. The moment she realizes her parents' latest dinner party is a setup with the man they want her to marry, she's out the back door in a flash. Imagine her surprise when the same guy shows up at her office a week later -- the new lawyer hired to save her struggling company. What's not surprising: he's not too thrilled to see her either after that humiliating fiasco. Jay Shah looks good on paper...and off. Especially if you like that whole gorgeous, charming lawyer-in-a-good-suit thing. He's also infuriating. As their witty office banter turns into late night chats, Liya starts to think he might be the one man who truly accepts her. But falling for each other means exposing their painful pasts. Will Liya keep running, or will she finally give love a real chance?
Landscape Painted With Tea
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Author : Milorad Pavic
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 1991-10-01
Landscape Painted With Tea written by Milorad Pavic and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-10-01 with Fiction categories.
By the author of the highly acclaimed literary bestseller Dictionary of the Khazars, this is a tale of a mysterious quest that is part modern Odyssey and part crossword puzzle. It begins with the story of a brilliant but failed architect in Belgrade and his search for his father, an officer who vanished in Greece during World War II. The truth about his fate—some of it set in motion 2,000 years ago and some of it by the Nazis—is raveled in the history and secrets of Mount Athos, the most ancient of all monasteries, perched atop its inaccessible mountain on the Aegean. “A hugely ambitious, playful, inventive, demanding, magical, linguistically sensuous reading experience.”—The Washington Post “A brilliantly playful and haunting novel.”—The New York Times Book Review
Tea
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Author : James R. Fichter
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2023-12-15
Tea written by James R. Fichter and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-15 with History categories.
In Tea, James R. Fichter reveals that despite the so-called Boston Tea Party in 1773, two large shipments of tea from the East India Company survived and were ultimately drunk in North America. Their survival shaped the politics of the years ahead, impeded efforts to reimburse the company for the tea lost in Boston Harbor, and hinted at the enduring potency of consumerism in revolutionary politics. Tea protests were widespread in 1774, but so were tea advertisements and tea sales, Fichter argues. The protests were noisy and sometimes misleading performances, not clear signs that tea consumption was unpopular. Revolutionaries vilified tea in their propaganda and prohibited the importation and consumption of tea and British goods. Yet merchant ledgers reveal these goods were still widely sold and consumed in 1775. Colonists supported Patriots more than they abided by non-consumption. When Congress ended its prohibition against tea in 1776, it reasoned that the ban was too widely violated to enforce. War was a more effective means than boycott for resisting Parliament, after all, and as rebel arms advanced, Patriots seized tea and other goods Britons left behind. By 1776, protesters sought tea and, objecting to its high price, redistributed rather than destroyed it. Yet as Fichter demonstrates in Tea, by then the commodity was not a symbol of the British state, but of American consumerism.
Tea With Jane Austen
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Author : Kim Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Tea With Jane Austen written by Kim Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
While to us tea is an everyday commodity, in Austen's time it was relatively expensive, and to be able to offer it to visitors implied some degree of social status. This book examines the social customs of the time, and includes recipes.