Why were the English and Japanese so healthy? The role of tea - Alan Macfarlane 1995
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| Description: | A lecture by Alan Macfarlane to the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, originally given in 1995 and filmed in January 2013. Alan Macfarlane suggests that the mystery of the low mortality rates in England and Japan, especially as great cities emerged and the industrial revolution proceeded in England, may lie in the widespread custom of tea drinking, which killed water borne bacteria. The thesis was developed in Alan Macfarlane 'The Savage Wars of Peace' ( 1997) and Alan and Iris Macfarlane, 'Green Gold: the Empire of Tea' (2003). |
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| Created: | 2013-02-05 14:14 |
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| Collection: | Lectures and other materials |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | health; disease; industrial revolution; tea; bacteria; |
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