A social history of tea / Jane Pettigrew
2001, First Edition. London : National Trust. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #439371
ISBN: 070780289X
Physical description; 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-185) and index.
Contents; Machine generated contents note: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 8 -- The First Tea in England * The Origins of Tea -- The Journey to England * Tea in Coffee Houses -- * TeaatHome * TeaandMealtimes * EarlyTea -- Rituals * Tea Wares and Furniture -- THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 38 -- Tea for Sale * Illicit Tea * The Teas on Offer * -- Tea and Politics * Tea for the Lower Classes * How -- and When Tea was Drunk * Furniture and Tea Wares -- THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 88 -- Tea from India and Ceylon * Tea by Clipper Ship -- * Tea for Sale * Tea for Breakfast * Tea after Dinner -- * Afternoon Tea, a National Institution * High Tea -- * Royal Teas * The Tea-time Menu * Tea Gowns * -- Children's Teas * Tea for theWorkers * Tea, -- Temperance and Health * Out to Tea * Tea Wares -- THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 146 -- Tea's Universal Appeal * Tea in Wartime * Tea for -- Sale * Tea at Home * Tea for the Workers * Out to -- Tea * Tea Wares * Tea Today -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 182 -- EQUIVALENT VALUES OF THE POUND 185 -- LIST OF PLATES 186 -- INDEX 189. Subjects; Tea - Social aspects - Great Britain. Tea - Great Britain - History. Tea. Tea Social aspects. Geography. History. Great Britain. Social aspects.
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