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早年在阿萨姆茶园的生活经历,加上自身研究与广泛阅读的兴趣,自然将他的注意力转向近代英国殖民贸易中的重要物件之一:茶叶。因此,在艾伦的思维地图中,作为伴随英国在近代引领全球资本主义发展的关键商品,茶叶到底在现代世界进程中扮演怎样的角色?是他写就本书的动力源。在书的序言里,艾伦就告诉我们写就本书的关切点:“为什么英国将其帝国延伸到如此遥远的印度北方?”“它(工
His early life experience in Assam’s tea plantation, combined with his own research and extensive reading interest, naturally diverted his attention to one of the important objects in modern British colonial trade: tea. Therefore, in Alan’s mind map, what role does tea play in the modern world as a key commodity accompanying the development of Britain’s capitalism in the modern world in modern times? It is the motive source for his writing of this book. In the preface to the book Allen told us to write about the book’s point of concern: ”Why did Britain extend its empire to so far North India?“ ”