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Author: Sarah Besky
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Volume: 5
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9780520303256
ISBN 10: 0520303253
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 12 May 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Engages deeply with the theoretical aspects of assessing the quality and value of commodities through the lens of tea. * CHOICE * A wonderfully layered and immaculately researched exploration of the enduring tastes of empire. * Allegra Lab * A fascinating view of the Indian tea industry. . . . manages to easily deconstruct and demystify the space between the plantation and the cup of tea. * Tea Journey * Tasting Qualities will be a beneficial read to a broad range of scholars with interest in food, labor, and commodity studies, the intersection of food, nutrition, and health knowledge, science and technology. * Food, Culture & Society * Provides an unusual and rich understanding of the process of creating, reproducing, and evaluating the quality of tea. * American Anthropologist * A stimulating account of Britain's favourite drink. * Times Literary Supplement * [Besky's] nuanced study of Indian tea . . . is a refreshing brew of botany, business and culture. * Nature *
[Besky's] nuanced study of Indian tea . . . is a refreshing brew of botany, business and culture. * Nature *
A fascinating view of the Indian tea industry. . . . manages to easily deconstruct and demystify the space between the plantation and the cup of tea. * Tea Journey * Tasting Qualities will be a beneficial read to a broad range of scholars with interest in food, labor, and commodity studies, the intersection of food, nutrition, and health knowledge, science and technology. * Food, Culture & Society * Provides an unusual and rich understanding of the process of creating, reproducing, and evaluating the quality of tea. * American Anthropologist * A stimulating account of Britain's favourite drink. * Times Literary Supplement * [Besky's] nuanced study of Indian tea . . . is a refreshing brew of botany, business and culture. * Nature *
A stimulating account of Britain's favourite drink. * Times Literary Supplement * [Besky's] nuanced study of Indian tea . . . is a refreshing brew of botany, business and culture. * Nature * Provides an unusual and rich understanding of the process of creating, reproducing, and evaluating the quality of tea. * American Anthropologist * A wonderfully layered and immaculately researched exploration of the enduring tastes of empire. * Allegra Lab * Tasting Qualities will be a beneficial read to a broad range of scholars with interest in food, labor, and commodity studies, the intersection of food, nutrition, and health knowledge, science and technology. * Food, Culture & Society * Engages deeply with the theoretical aspects of assessing the quality and value of commodities through the lens of tea. * CHOICE * A fascinating view of the Indian tea industry. . . . manages to easily deconstruct and demystify the space between the plantation and the cup of tea. * Tea Journey * Tasting Qualities is a persuasive ethnography of quality and its many unseen constituents. * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
Author Information
Sarah Besky is a cultural anthropologist and Associate Professor in the ILR School at Cornell University. She is the author of The Darjeeling Distinction: Labor and Justice on Fair Trade Tea Plantations in India.
