Skip to content

Booksellers & Trade Customers: Sign up for online bulk buying at trade.atlanticbooks.com for wholesale discounts

Booksellers: Create Account on our B2B Portal for wholesale discounts

From Coffee to Tea Cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900: An Economic and Social History

by Roland Wenzlhuemer
Save 2% Save 2%
Current price ₹21,009.00
Original price ₹21,528.00
Original price ₹21,528.00
Original price ₹21,528.00
(-2%)
₹21,009.00
Current price ₹21,009.00

Imported Edition - Ships in 18-21 Days

Free Shipping in India on orders above Rs. 500

Request Bulk Quantity Quote
+91
Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9789004163614
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Brill
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 338
  • Original Price: GBP 165.6
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 726 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Asia / South / General

In the early 1880s a disastrous plant disease diminished the yields of the hitherto flourishing coffee plantation of Ceylon. Coincidentally, world market conditions for coffee were becoming increasingly unfavourable. The combination of these factors brought a swift end to coffee cultivation in the British crown colony and pushed the island into a severe economic crisis.
When Ceylon re-emerged from this crisis only a decade later, its economy had been thoroughly transformed and now rested on the large-scale cultivation of tea. This book uses the unprecedented intensity and swiftness of this process to highlight the socioeconomic interconnections and dependencies in tropical export economies in the late nineteenth century and it shows how dramatically Ceylonese society was affected by the economic transformation.

Roland Wenzlhuemer, Dr. phil. (2002) in History, Salzburg University, is Lecturer and Researcher at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. He has worked on the socioeconomic history of British Ceylon and recently on the history of global telecommunication in the nineteenth century.

Trusted for over 49 years

Family Owned Company

Secure Payment

All Major Credit Cards/Debit Cards/UPI & More Accepted

New & Authentic Products

India's Largest Distributor

Need Support?

Whatsapp Us