{"title":"Andrew B. Liu","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our dedicated collection of works by Andrew B. Liu, an esteemed author and historian known for his insightful exploration of history and military topics. Andrew B. Liu's expertise and engaging writing style make his books an enlightening read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of historical events and their lasting impacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne notable work in this collection is \u003cem\u003eTea War\u003c\/em\u003e, where Liu delves into the economic and social transformations that occurred in China and India during the 19th and 20th centuries. By focusing on the tea trade, he presents a compelling narrative that intertwines economic history with cultural shifts, offering readers a nuanced perspective on global history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLiu's books are an excellent resource for history enthusiasts and those keen on exploring the intricacies of military strategies and economic histories. Whether you're a seasoned historian or a curious reader, Andrew B. Liu's meticulously researched narratives will surely captivate and educate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDive into Andrew B. Liu's collection and discover a world where history meets compelling storytelling, shaping our understanding of the past and its influence on the present.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tea-war-by-andrew-b-liu-9780300243734","title":"Tea War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA history of capitalism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century China and India that explores the competition between their tea industries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTea War\u003c\/em\u003e is not only a detailed comparative history of the transformation of tea production in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but it also intervenes in larger debates about the nature of capitalism, global modernity, and global history.”— Alexander F. Day, Occidental College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTea remains the world’s most popular commercial drink today, and at the turn of the twentieth century, it represented the largest export industry of both China and colonial India. In analysing the global competition between Chinese and Indian tea, Andrew B. Liu challenges past economic histories premised on the technical “divergence” between the West and the Rest, arguing instead that seemingly traditional technologies and practices were central to modern capital accumulation across Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe shows how competitive pressures compelled Chinese merchants to adopt abstract industrial conceptions of time, while colonial planters in India pushed for labour indenture laws to support factory-style tea plantations. Characterisations of China and India as premodern backwaters, he explains, were themselves the historical result of new notions of political economy adopted by Chinese and Indian nationalists, who discovered that these abstract ideas corresponded to concrete social changes in their local surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these stories point toward a more flexible and globally oriented conceptualisation of the history of capitalism in China and India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000759369964,"sku":"9780300243734","price":89.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24435083482294.jpg?v=1763302540"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/andrew-b-liu.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}