This book tells the story of the Tea Road. Its subject is economic and cultural history; how the Tea Road bound the Eurasian continent into one unit. The vehicle for this story is tea, a material of profound significance in the lives of diverse peoples and a material that can be used to track a continent's people.本書為英文版。
作者簡介
Martha Avery Was born in New York City and raised in Boulder,Colorado,USA.After attending boarding school and beginning college,she moved to Asia at the age of 19.She pursued studies at New Asia Collgeg in Hong Kong,Sophia University in Tokyo,and the Taipei Language Institute in Taiwan,setting the course for a lifetime of involvement with Asia.She has an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance and works in the field of publishing and media.
圖書目錄
Foreword Tea Road Chronology Introduction:The Tea Road from Three Perspectives,China,Russia,the Steppe 1.The Tea Road,Start to Finish 2.“Plucking the Hills and Boiling the Oceans”:Start to the Tea Trade in China 3.Transcontinental Tools of Trade 4.Ming Horse Markets along the Great Wall:Kalgan 5.Redlar Wang and a Tea-trading Conglomerate on the Steppe 6.Camel Caravans to Urga:Lamas and Lamaseries in the Gobi 7.Crossing the Tuul River at Urga 8.The Manchus Take Mongolia 9.Carving away the Lefthand Khanate from Both Ends 10.Count Sava and the Founding of Kiakhta 11.Spy Posts at the Russian Yards in Beijing Footnotes Glossary Index