Seeds of Change by Henry Hobhouse

Seeds of Change by Henry Hobhouse

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Summary

Traces the history of five commercial plants - sugar, tea, cotton, potatoes and quinine - and seeks to illustrate how man's need, or greed, for these products has shaped human development. This edition includes a chapter on the coca plant, demonstrating its social, political and economic effect.

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Seeds of Change by Henry Hobhouse

Traces the history of five commercial plants - sugar, tea, cotton, potatoes and quinine - and seeks to illustrate how man's need, or greed, for these products has shaped human development. This edition includes a chapter on the coca plant, demonstrating its social, political and economic effect.
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ISBN 13 9780333736289
ISBN 10 0333736281
Title Seeds of Change
Author Henry Hobhouse
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1999-02-05
Number of pages 416
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