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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 May 2012
    08 March 2012
    ISBN:
    9781139198271
    9781108046244
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139198271
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.33kg, 258 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Area Studies, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History, Economic History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History, Economic History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
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    The origins of tea-brewing in India and China are still lost to history. In this 1882 guide to the Indian tea industry, Samuel Baildon (a tea-planter about whom little is known) describes some of the earliest theories and legends surrounding it, including both botanical speculations and the Chinese stories of Bodhidharma, the Indian monk said to have introduced tea to China and Japan. Well-versed in the investment opportunities of the Indian plantations, Baildon also provides a frank tour of the nineteenth-century industry. He includes advice for investors, who he insists must not try to assist the managers of their plantations, and for potential tea-planters, who he strongly discourages from the profession if they enjoy free time, reading, or friends. With specific and anecdotal accounts of the plantations written for newcomers to the trade, this candid guide now represents an invaluable resource for students of colonial history and agriculture.

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