From coffee to tea cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900 [[electronic resource] ] : an economic and social history / / by Roland Wenzlhuemer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458914503321
• Autore: Wenzlhuemer Roland
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, 2008
• ISBN: 1-283-06055-8; 9786613060556; 90-474-3217-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Collana: Brill's Indological library, , 0925-2916 ; ; v. 29
• Disciplina: 330.95493
• Soggetti: Coffee industry - Sri Lanka - History; Tea trade - Sri Lanka - History; Agriculture - Economic aspects - Sri Lanka; Electronic books.; Sri Lanka Economic conditions; Sri Lanka Social conditions; Sri Lanka Commerce
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-325) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Materials / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter One. Introduction / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Two. Geography / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Three. History / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Four. Demography / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Five. Export Economy / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Six. Resources / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Seven. Subsistence / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Eight. Administration / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Nine. Education / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Ten. New Elites / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Eleven. Immigrants / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Twelve. Revivals / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Chapter Thirteen. Conclusion / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Bibliography / R. Wenzlhuemer -- Index / R. Wenzlhuemer.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the early 1880's a disastrous plant disease diminished the yields of the hitherto flourishing coffee plantation of Ceylon. Coincidentally, world market conditions for coffee were becoming increasingly ; unfavourable. The combination of these factors brought a swift end to coffee cultivation in the British crown colony and pushed the island into a severe economic crisis. When Ceylon re-emerged from this crisis only a decade later, its economy had been thoroughly transformed and now rested on the large-scale cultivation of tea. This book uses the unprecedented intensity and swiftness of this process to highlight the socioeconomic interconnections and dependencies in tropical export economies in the late nineteenth century and it shows how dramatically Ceylonese society was affected by the economic transformation.