Journal article
Making tea in India: Chai, capitalism, culture
Thesis eleven, Vol.113(1), pp.11-31
12/01/2012
DOI: 10.1177/0725513612456896
Abstract
This essay examines the process by which tea, a plant and product introduced into the Indian subcontinent in the early 19th century as a colonial cash crop, became indigenized and popularized as chai, often regarded today as India's 'national drink'. This process mainly occurred during the 20th century and involved aggressive and innovative marketing by both British and Indian commercial interests, advances in the technology of processing Assam tea, and changes in social space and practice, especially in urban areas.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Making tea in India: Chai, capitalism, culture
- Creators
- Philip Lutgendorf - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Thesis eleven, Vol.113(1), pp.11-31
- DOI
- 10.1177/0725513612456896
- ISSN
- 0725-5136
- eISSN
- 1461-7455
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 21
- Grant note
- Career Development Award from the University of Iowa United States Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Senior Overseas Research Fellowship
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984398027702771
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