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Author: Sarah Besky
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Volume: 5
ISBN: 9780520303249
ISBN 10: 0520303245
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 12 May 2020
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
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 * Engages deeply with the theoretical aspects of assessing the quality and value of commodities through the lens of tea. * CHOICE * 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 * A wonderfully layered and immaculately researched exploration of the enduring tastes of empire. * Allegra Lab * Provides an unusual and rich understanding of the process of creating, reproducing, and evaluating the quality of tea. * American Anthropologist * [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 *
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 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 * With a fine eye for detail and sparkling writing that makes the seemingly mundane fascinating . . . Tasting Qualities is a highly original, deeply researched, and theoretically sophisticated ethnography of Indian tea's modernity, which adds to the scholarship on commodities and capitalism. * Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society * 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 *
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.
