Tea and Empire: James Taylor in Victorian Ceylon
- ISBN-10
- 1526119056
- ISBN-13
- 9781526119056
- Category
- Plantation owners
- Pages
- 253
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Authors
- Thomas Martin Devine, Angela McCarthy
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, and examines the dark side of planting life including violence and conflict, oppression and despair.
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- 2017-07-21
- 288 pages
- Ebook
- Manchester University Press
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