On May 23, 9:48 am, Joss Wright > wrote:
> On Mon, 21 May 2007 08:07:28 -0700, Alex wrote:
> > An excellent book on the topic of the boom and bust of the coastal tea
> > trade in China, if anyone is interested in reading more, is "Harvesting
> > Mountains: Fujian and the China Tea Trade, 1757-1937", by Robert Gardella.
> > After you read it, remember to keep to yourself the fact that tea
> > cultivation in Taiwan was started by foreigners.
>
> Just how excellent is this book? I'm very interested in reading it, but
> it's proving to be hard to track down. A UK seller through Amazon has a
> copy, but it's £41. I'm not really _that_ interested. Is it worth me
> scouring the web for another copy from somewhere?
>
> Alternatively, does anyone have another recommendation for a good book
> on this topic?
>
> --
> Joss Wright
> Comp. Science Department http://www.pseudonymity.net/~joss
> York University http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/~joss

It's good but not 41 quid good. Keep an eye out for a used copy. If
you lived in *New* York, I could lend you mine.