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The Tale of Tea: A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day - Softcover

George L. Van Driem

 
9789004444720: The Tale of Tea: A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day

Synopsis

The Tale of Tea presents a comprehensive history of tea from prehistoric times to the present day in a single volume, covering the fascinating social history of tea and the origins, botany and biochemistry of this singularly important cultigen.

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About the Author

George van Driem directs the Linguistics Institute at the University of Bern, where he occupies the Chair of Historical Linguistics. He has written grammars of Limbu, Dzongkha, Bumthang and Dumi and authored the two-volume ethnolinguistic handbook Languages of the Himalayas (Brill, 2001).

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