Tea Horse Road: China's Ancient Trade Road to Tibet SIGNED
Bangkok: River Books, 2011.
Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to previous owner in ink by Selena Ahmed on event ticket laid in.11 3/4" X 11 3/4". 332pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, creasing and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Bound in brown cloth over boards with spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Rubbing and gentle bumps to corners and edges of boards. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound.
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ABOUT THIS BOOK:
One of the longest and most dramatic trade routes of the ancient world, the Tea Horse Road carried a crucial exchange for 13 centuries between China and Tibet. China needed war horses to protect its northern frontier and Tibet could supply them. When the Tibetans discovered tea in the 7th century, it became a staple of their diet, but its origins are in southwest China, and they had to trade for it.
The result was a network of trails covering more than 3,000 kilometers through forests, gorges and high passes onto theHimalayan plateaus, traversed by horse, mule and yak caravans, and human porters. It linked cultures, economies and political ambitions, and lasted until the middle of the 20th century.
Re-tracing the many branches of the Road, photographer and writer Michael Freeman spent two years compiling this remarkable visual record, from the tea mountains of southern Yunnan and Sichuan to Tibet and beyond. Collaborating on this fascinating account, ethno-ecologist Selena Ahmed's description of tea and bio-cultural diversity in the region draws on her original doctoral research.(Publisher). Very good / Good +. Item #10982
ISBN: 9789749863930
Price: $150.00