An empire of plants : people and plants that changed the world
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An empire of plants : people and plants that changed the world
Cassell , Sterling [distributor], 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 188) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Unravels the hidden histories of plants that sustained empires, from sugar and cotton to tea and opium Real-life adventures of planters, traders and smugglers by authors of the highly successful The Plant Hunters (over 12,000 copies sold in hardback) Exciting, vivid stories which bring a new and original perspective to the rise and fall of nations, peoples and empires Illustrated with dramatic contemporary photographs, beautiful botanical drawings, paintings and cartoons
Table of Contents
- The seeds of wealth
- tobacco - "that tawny weed"
- cutting the cane
- the kings of cotton
- the fume of poppies
- the tea transfer
- the quest for quinine
- riches from rubber
- epilogue.
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