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An empire of plants : people and plants that changed the world

Musgrave, Toby2000
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This book explores the stories of seven plants - tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, quinine, cotton and rubber - whose discovery and cultivation changed the destinies of countries from America to China, India to Brazil.
Imprint:
London : Cassell, 2000.
Collation:
192p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), col. maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Maps and ill. on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 188) and index.
ISBN:
9780304354436 (hbk)
Dewey class:
580.9
Language:
English
BRN:
243134
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