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Seeds of Change Henry Hobhouse

Seeds of Change By Henry Hobhouse

Seeds of Change by Henry Hobhouse


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Henry Hobhouse's influential account of five plants that changed the world

Seeds of Change Summary

Seeds of Change by Henry Hobhouse

They are Quinine, that allowed Europeans to dominate the Tropics; Sugar, that changed the Caribbean population from Red Arawaks and Caribs to White Masters and Black Slaves; Tea, that inter alia, led to the destruction of classical China through the use by traders of opium in exchange for tea; Cotton, that, like sugar in the Caribbean, led to a slave-economy in the Southern United States; and finally, the Potato, which produced huge increases in the Irish population and, when disease struck the potato, famine followed as did the greening of some of the United States. Through the histories of these five key crops, Hobhouse demonstrates how man's need, or greed, for these products has changed the face of history and shaped destinies.

'This marvellous book is hard to beat.' Sunday Telegraph

'Fascinating ... makes you think about the mysterious and often paradoxical ways in which providence operates' Daily Mail

'A wonderful read, provocative and well-informed' Independent

About Henry Hobhouse

Henry Hobhouse was born in Somerset in 1924 and educated at Eton. From 1946 to 1954 he worked as a journalist for The Economist, News Chronicle, Daily Express, and Wall Street Journal, becoming, in 1948, one of the first Directors of CBS-TV News. He is the author of Seeds of Wealth and Seeds of Change.

Additional information

GOR002788940
9780330493161
0330493167
Seeds of Change by Henry Hobhouse
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
2002-06-21
272
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