Explorations: Iron Horse: the role of tea

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Description: Background to Channel 4 Series 'The Day the World Took Off', the millenial series shown in 2000. With kind permission of Windfall films.
An overview of the role of tea in the mortality changes which made possible an industrial revolution in England. Sitting in a Japanese tea house, Alan Macfarlane explains a possible solution to the mystery.
 
Created: 2018-03-07 16:59
Collection: A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off)
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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