This book brings to life for the first time the remarkable story of James Taylor, ‘father of the Ceylon tea enterprise’ in the nineteenth century. Publicly celebrated in Sri Lanka for his efforts in transforming the country’s economy and shaping the world’s drinking habits, Taylor died in disgrace and remains unknown to the present day in his native Scotland. Using a unique archive of Taylor’s letters written over a forty-year period, Angela Mc Carthy and Tom Devine provide an unusually detailed reconstruction of a British planter’s life in Asia at the high noon of empire.
As well as charting the development of Ceylon’s key commodities in the nineteenth century, the book examines the dark side of planting life including violence and conflict, oppression and despair. A range of other fascinating themes are evocatively examined, including graphic depictions of the Indian Mutiny, ‘race’ and ethnicity, migration, environmental transformation, cross-cultural contact, and emotional ties to home.
As well as charting the development of Ceylon’s key commodities in the nineteenth century, the book examines the dark side of planting life including violence and conflict, oppression and despair. A range of other fascinating themes are evocatively examined, including graphic depictions of the Indian Mutiny, ‘race’ and ethnicity, migration, environmental transformation, cross-cultural contact, and emotional ties to home.
€34.99
विषयसूची
Introduction1. Before Ceylon
2. The rise and fall of ‘King Coffee’
3. Transition to tea
4. Globalising Ceylon tea
5. A Scottish effect?
6. A planter’s life
7. Cross-cultural contact
8. Times to home
9. Triumph and tears: last years and legacy
Afterword
Index
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Angela Mc Carthy is RCUK Academic Fellow/Lecturer in History (Diaspora) at the University of Hullयह ईबुक खरीदें और 1 और मुफ़्त पाएं!
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