Title: Green Gold
First published: 2003
Description: Green Gold: The Empire of Tea by Alan Macfarlane and Iris Macfarlane examines how tea evolved from a Chinese beverage into a global commodity that shaped trade, empire, and social life. The book explores tea’s role in the rise of the British Empire and its lasting impact on the modern world.
Subjects: Tea, Tea trade, Tea industry, History of tea, British Empire, China, Global trade, Colonialism, Economic history, Cultural history
People: Alan Macfarlane, Iris Macfarlane
Time periods: 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, Early modern period, British Empire
LC classification: GT2905 .M25 2003