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Indlæser... An empire of plants : people and plants that changed the world (udgave 2000)af Toby Musgrave, Will Musgrave
Work InformationAn Empire of Plants: People and Plants That Changed the World af Toby Musgrave
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A short (190 page) but glossy book on seven plants and their impact on human history, especially colonialism: tobacco, sugar cane, cotton, tea, the opium poppy, chinchona (the source of quinine) and rubber. I wasn't hugely satisfied: I can think of other significant plants (the spices, coffee and cacao, flax and sisal, the coconut/copra) whose trade has affected and continues to affect the world economy. I found numerous irritating trivial mistakes (one that I will treasure refers to the British occupation of "Cypress" rather than Cyprus). The major reference cited is J.M. Roberts' Penguin History of the World. There are too many sidebar blocks of text which could have been better incorporated into the main narrative. It could perhaps be a nice jumping-off point for further reading but didn't satisfy me. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
En kulturhistorisk skildring af te, tobak, sukker, opium, kinin, bomuld og gummi. No library descriptions found. |
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