The true history of tea / / Victor H. Mair & Erling Hoh

• Autore: Mair Victor H. <1943->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, New York : , : Thames & Hudson, , 2012; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 394.15
• Soggetto topico: Tea - History; Tea - Social aspects; Tea trade - History
• Persona (resp. second.): HohErling
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-275) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue: Tea : leaf of awareness -- A botanical excursion : the rivals of tea -- The heartstrings of national pride : Southeast Asia and the origins of tea -- A slave of yoghurt : tea in the 1st to 6th centuries -- Go have some tea! : the Tang dynasty -- Cloudy feet in a hare's fur cup : the Song dynasty -- Buying peace with the celestial beverage : the tea and horse trade -- The taste of zen is tea : Japan in the 12th to 15th centuries -- Sen Rikyū the tea master : the perfection of the Japanese tea ceremony -- Han Xin counts the soldiers : tea in the Ming and Qing -- How the Dalai Lama got his name : brick tea in Tibet and Mongolia -- We invented the samovar! : the Russian caravan tea trade -- Conquering new lands : the Islamic world of tea -- Approved by physicians : the advent of tea in Europe -- The progress of this famous plant : tea and the opium wars -- A master teapot maker's midnight ride : tea in America -- Finest tippy golden flowery orange pekoe : India and Ceylon in the 19th century -- The heyday of the clipper ships : British tea -- Vignettes from the global village : tea in our time -- Appendix A: The autobiography of instructor Lu -- Appendix B: A debate between tea and beer -- Appendix C: A genealogy of words for tea.
• Titolo autorizzato: The true history of tea
• ISBN: 0-500-77128-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814620403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II