that time. While there has been a focus on the entire food basket, this paper concentrates on the consumption of tea, which … was entirely imported. I seek to explore why demand for tea increased during the Industrial Revolution by examining the … effect of working hours on tea imports between 1760 and 1834. I aim to identify the determinants of tea demand and while …

This paper explores the impact of water quality on mortality by exploiting a natural experiment. the rise of tea … declines in mortality rates after tea drinking became widespread and following larger volumes of tea imports. Results are … robust to the inclusion of controls for income and access to trade. The hypothesis is further bolstered by suggestive …

Introduction: consumer revolutions -- The English commercial empire expands -- The rise of a "tea-fac'd generation …" -- Politicizing American consumption -- The global dimensions of the American tea crisis -- Repatriating tea in revolutionary America … -- Chinese tea and American commercial independence -- Conclusion …