Harvesting Mountains

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Harvesting Mountains is written by Robert Gardella and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520084144 (ISBN 10) and 9780520084148 (ISBN 13).

00 Few commodities are as synonymous with any civilization as tea with China. Robert Gardella's book analyzes the multifaceted influence of tea production and the tea trade upon Fujian, a premier tea-growing region, illuminating the economic, social, fiscal, and environmental ramifications of China's involvement with a dynamic world economy. Today, as contemporary China increasingly opens up to foreign trade, the historical experience documented here takes on a renewed importance. Few commodities are as synonymous with any civilization as tea with China. Robert Gardella's book analyzes the multifaceted influence of tea production and the tea trade upon Fujian, a premier tea-growing region, illuminating the economic, social, fiscal, and environmental ramifications of China's involvement with a dynamic world economy. Today, as contemporary China increasingly opens up to foreign trade, the historical experience documented here takes on a renewed importance.