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Provides an examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. This book reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements came to symbolise the heart of colonialism in India. It exposes how this image has distracted from working conditions, low wages, and coercive labour practices enforced by the patronage system.

A Time for Tea

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Provides an examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. This book reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in... Read more

    Publisher: MD - Duke University Press
    Publication Date: 11/29/2001 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780822326748, 978-0822326748
    ISBN10: 0822326744

    Number of Pages: 440

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    Provides an examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. This book reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements came to symbolise the heart of colonialism in India. It exposes how this image has distracted from working conditions, low wages, and coercive labour practices enforced by the patronage system.

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