Author: David L. Ebbels
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425921743
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This is the personal story of six years spent as an assistant manager on tea plantations in the beautiful and historic island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. The European tea planter is now a figure of history and his way of life has long vanished. This book describes a planter's daily life, the events experienced and the post-colonial social scene with humour as well as candour. Historical and literary aspects are included where these are relevant to the story and the wonderful natural history of the Island is brought to attention by a keen naturalist.
Round the Tea Totum
Author: David L. Ebbels
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425921743
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This is the personal story of six years spent as an assistant manager on tea plantations in the beautiful and historic island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. The European tea planter is now a figure of history and his way of life has long vanished. This book describes a planter's daily life, the events experienced and the post-colonial social scene with humour as well as candour. Historical and literary aspects are included where these are relevant to the story and the wonderful natural history of the Island is brought to attention by a keen naturalist.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425921743
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This is the personal story of six years spent as an assistant manager on tea plantations in the beautiful and historic island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. The European tea planter is now a figure of history and his way of life has long vanished. This book describes a planter's daily life, the events experienced and the post-colonial social scene with humour as well as candour. Historical and literary aspects are included where these are relevant to the story and the wonderful natural history of the Island is brought to attention by a keen naturalist.
Golden Tips
Author: Henry William Cave
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Following Nellie Bly
Author: Rosemary J. Brown
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526761416
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century. Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a ‘man’s world’ — alone and literally with just the clothes on her back — to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. Her undercover reporting, advocacy for women's rights, crusades for vulnerable children, campaigns against oppression and steadfast conviction that 'nothing is impossible' makes the world that she circled a better place. Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Bly’s footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Geographical Society. Through her recreation of that epic global journey, she brings to life Nellie Bly’s remarkable achievements and shines a light on one of the world's greatest female adventurers and a forgotten heroine of history.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526761416
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century. Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a ‘man’s world’ — alone and literally with just the clothes on her back — to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. Her undercover reporting, advocacy for women's rights, crusades for vulnerable children, campaigns against oppression and steadfast conviction that 'nothing is impossible' makes the world that she circled a better place. Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Bly’s footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Geographical Society. Through her recreation of that epic global journey, she brings to life Nellie Bly’s remarkable achievements and shines a light on one of the world's greatest female adventurers and a forgotten heroine of history.
Tea
Author: Kevin Gascoyne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228100270
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A guide to history of tea throughout Asia, its origins, and its popularization across the world. Complete with recipes using tea as ingredients and suggestions on pairing tea with food."--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228100270
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A guide to history of tea throughout Asia, its origins, and its popularization across the world. Complete with recipes using tea as ingredients and suggestions on pairing tea with food."--
Global Tea Breeding
Author: Liang Chen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642318789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Global Tea Breeding: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives provides a global review on biodiversity and biotechnology issues in tea breeding and selection. The contributions are written by experts from China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Turkey, Indonesia, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, Nigeria, and etc., which countries amount to 90% of the world tea production. This book focuses on the germplasm, breeding and selection of tea cultivars for the production of black, green and Oolong teas from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. It can benefit the tea breeders in the global tea industry, as well as the breeders of other woody cash crops like coffee and other sub-tropical fruit trees. Liang Chen is a Professor and Associate Director at National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, China. Zeno Apostolides is a Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Zong-Mao Chen is the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Professor at the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642318789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Global Tea Breeding: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives provides a global review on biodiversity and biotechnology issues in tea breeding and selection. The contributions are written by experts from China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Turkey, Indonesia, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, Nigeria, and etc., which countries amount to 90% of the world tea production. This book focuses on the germplasm, breeding and selection of tea cultivars for the production of black, green and Oolong teas from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. It can benefit the tea breeders in the global tea industry, as well as the breeders of other woody cash crops like coffee and other sub-tropical fruit trees. Liang Chen is a Professor and Associate Director at National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, China. Zeno Apostolides is a Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Zong-Mao Chen is the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Professor at the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
Tea - a Journey in Time
Author: John Weatherstone
Publisher: Jeremy Greenwood Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the quest for plants and seeds of commercial importance, every bit as valuable as gold to the British Empire, lead to the transportation of plants from one side of the world to the other. This volume examines the history of tea and examines the state of tea plantations as we enter the 21st century.
Publisher: Jeremy Greenwood Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the quest for plants and seeds of commercial importance, every bit as valuable as gold to the British Empire, lead to the transportation of plants from one side of the world to the other. This volume examines the history of tea and examines the state of tea plantations as we enter the 21st century.
A Brief History of Tea
Author: Roy Moxham
Publisher: Constable
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
When tea began to be imported into the West from China in the 17th century, its high price and heavy taxes made it an immediate target for smuggling and dispute at every level, culminating in international incidents like the notorious Boston Tea Party. This book investigates the early history of tea.
Publisher: Constable
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
When tea began to be imported into the West from China in the 17th century, its high price and heavy taxes made it an immediate target for smuggling and dispute at every level, culminating in international incidents like the notorious Boston Tea Party. This book investigates the early history of tea.
Sri Lanka Tea Estates
Author: Great Britain. Department of Trade
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ceylon
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Report on an investigation into living conditions on british-owned (role of UK) tea plantations in Sri Lanka - investigates poverty and malnutrition, etc., among Indian plantation workers, and includes recommendations.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ceylon
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Report on an investigation into living conditions on british-owned (role of UK) tea plantations in Sri Lanka - investigates poverty and malnutrition, etc., among Indian plantation workers, and includes recommendations.
Advances in Tea Agronomy
Author: M. K. V. Carr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107095816
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
This book considers research findings that can inform the practice of managing tea crops.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107095816
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
This book considers research findings that can inform the practice of managing tea crops.
Tea and empire
Author: Angela McCarthy
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526123398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
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 McCarthy 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.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526123398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
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 McCarthy 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.