Harvesting Mountains: Fujian and the China Tea Trade, 1757-1937
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2353983
ISBN: 0520084144
Faint crease to top edge of rear jacket panel, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xiv, 259 pp. Few commodities are as synonymous with any civilization as tea with China. Robert Gardella's book analyzes the multifaceted influence of tea production and the tea trade upon Fujian, a premier tea-growing region, illuminating the economic, social, fiscal, and environmental ramifications of China's involvement with a dynamic world economy. Today, as contemporary China increasingly opens up to foreign trade, the historical experience documented here takes on a renewed importance.
Price: $40.00