The True History of Tea - Softcover

Hoh, Erling; Mair, Victor H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500299013 ISBN 13: 9780500299012

Verlag: Thames & Hudson, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

World-­renowned scholar of Chinese history Victor H. Mair teams up with journalist Erling Hoh to spill the tea on this remarkable beverage and its uses, from ancient times to the present and from East to West.This accessible and entertaining history of tea makes use of the Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, and Mongolian annals to explore the subject in rich historical detail. The resulting narrative travels from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the splendor of the arrival of the first European vessels in Far Eastern waters.The Tea-maker of Edgware RoadThe True History of Tea

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Erling Hoh has been a correspondent for Archaeology and written on Chinese history and culture for Natural History and other publications.


Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of many books including The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0500299013
• ISBN 13: 9780500299012
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280
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