A Social History of Tea

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DescriptionAfternoon Tea: A History explores the development of the afternoon tea meal, diving deeper than the popular tale of the Duchess of Bedfo...

Social historian and author Gillian Perry takes us on a highly entertaining whistle-stop tour of the history of the English afternoon tea, enhanced...

Afternoon tea conjures up both feelings of elegance and gentility. It is, after all, synonymous with civility and blessed with the endearing qualit...

Reducere. The Book of Tea (1906) is a book-length essay by Okakura Kakuzō. Connected to the author's overall project of celebrating Japanese culture and emph...

Reducere. Awards🏆Honorable Mention (2010) - PROSE - (U.S. History)Contributor(s): Author: Jill LeporeAmericans have always put the past to political ends. Th...

Reducere. Tea in China explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity an...

Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her in a cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets of one of h...

Reducere. DescriptionOn December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men dumped roughly 10, 000 worth of tea in Boston Harbor. This symbolic act unleashed a s...

Reducere. Traveling from East to West over thousands of years, tea has played a variety of roles on the world scene - in medicine, politics, the arts, cultur...

What is the role of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea judged for its quality? In her innovative stud...

Reducere. "Poison Tea shines a spotlight on the shadowy Koch brother network and reveals hidden connections between the tobacco industry, the reclusive billi...

The iconic images of Uncle Sam and Marilyn Monroe, or the "fireside chats" of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr.: the...

DescriptionDon't miss a moment of U.S. history The United States is undergoing a period of intense political and social change. From the rise of th...

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Reducere. A young girl delights in a visit to her grandpa's farm. She and her cousins run through the fields, explore the root cellar where the smoked salmon...

Reducere. DescriptionWhile today, foodies flock to the flavors of Logan Circle and the H Street corridor, Washington's first true restaurants opened around 1...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of India, then keep reading...India is a land of mystery, richness, and deep spiritual discovery. E...

Reducere. How do social movements intersect with the agendas of mainstream political parties? When they are integrated with parties, are they coopted? Or are...

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Reducere. What does it mean to resist? Throughout our nation's history, discrimination and unjust treatment of all kinds have prompted people to make their o...

Reducere. What does it mean to resist? Throughout our nation's history, discrimination and unjust treatment of all kinds have prompted people to make their o...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of India, then keep reading... India is a land of mystery, richness, and deep spiritual discovery. ...

In this timely, carefully reasoned social history of the United States, the New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not ...

Sources of Japanese Tradition is a best-selling classic, unrivaled for its wide selection of source readings on history, society, politics, educati...

A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation's origins to the present day. At the center of t...

The ninth and tenth centuries witnessed the establishment of a substantial network of maritime trade across the Indian Ocean, providing the real-li...

Reducere. DescriptionGerald Vizenor's Native Provenance challenges readers to consider the subtle ironies at the heart of Native American culture and oral tr...

Reducere. An unconventional blend of memoir, art history, and social criticism which manages to be funny, moving, and controversial all at the same time.This...

Reducere. DescriptionAn award-winning food writer takes us on a global tour of what the world eats--and shows us how we can change it for the betterFood is o...

Reducere. Health and Alcohol, two diametrically opposite ends. Can they meet? Addiction is dependence, whether on tea, coffee, a person, or food. In this boo...

With groundbreaking contributions by Marshall McLuhan, Oliver Sacks, Italo Calvino and Alain Corbin, among others, Empire of the Senses overturns l...

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DescriptionIn this engaging inquiry, originally published in 1989 and now fully updated for the twenty-first century, Warren J. Belasco considers t...

DescriptionWith a foreword from a Parkland shooting survivor, this lushly illustrated picture book introduces young readers to America's most influ...

DescriptionIreland's Green Larder tells the story of food and drink in Ireland, for the first time. From the ancient system of the C ide Fields, es...

1st Place Winner of the 2012 Gourmand Award for Best in the World in the Beer category. For millennia, beer has been a favorite beverage in culture...

Historian M. B. Synge narrates how naval power grew in importance from the 1700s onward, playing a decisive role in the victories of several nation...

DescriptionIn 1776, the colonists declared Independence from England in large part due to the many onerous Acts thrust upon them by Parliament incl...