Loading Search

• Buy this Book
• Read the First Chapter Free
• Book Creators
• Related Blog Posts
• Share on Twitter
• Share on Facebook

Tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, cotton, quinine and rubber. Seven plants that have changed the world. They have caused wars and the collapse of Governments, instigated the slave trade and the Industrial Revolution, enabled the birth to the United States and powered colonial expansion, and much more. Yet, today, most of us simply take these `plants of power' for granted as part of our everyday lives.More

Tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, cotton, quinine and rubber. Seven plants that have changed the world. They have caused wars and the collapse of Governments, instigated the slave trade and the Industrial Revolution, enabled the birth to the United States and powered colonial expansion, and much more. Yet, today, most of us simply take these `plants of power' for granted as part of our everyday lives.

When you get up in the morning you have a cup of tea with a spoonful of sugar before putting on your cotton shirt and driving to work - if you're late you may have to "burn some rubber". During the day you feel like a break and have a sneaky cigarette. If you have a headache maybe you take a painkiller containing codeine After a hard day's work you look forward to a relaxing gin and tonic.

An Empire of Plants presents an enlightening and thought-provoking narrative exploring and explaining the many and significant ways in these seven seminal plants have shaped world history.

You must be a member of JacketFlap to add a video to this page. Please Log In or Register.