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Télécharger Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History de James A. Benn En Ligne 📘 LIRE EN LIGNE 📥 TÉLÉCHARGER Télécharger "Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History" de James A. Benn Pdf Ebook Auteur : James A. Benn Catégorie : Livres anglais et étrangers,History,Asia Broché : * pages Éditeur : * Langue : Français, Anglais Tea in China explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity and popular beverage. The work traces the development of tea drinking from its mythical origins to the nineteenth century and examines the changes in aesthetics, ritual, science, health, and knowledge that tea brought with it. The shift in drinking habits that occurred in late medieval China cannot be understood without an appreciation of the fact that Buddhist monks were responsible for not only changing people's attitudes toward the intoxicating substance, but also the proliferation of te...