From coffee to tea cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900 : an economic and social history / / by Roland Wenzlhuemer.

• Superior document: Brill's Indological library, v. 29
• Author: Wenzlhuemer, Roland.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Indological library ; v. 29.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Chapter One. Introduction /; Chapter Two. Geography /; Chapter Three. History /; Chapter Four. Demography /; Chapter Five. Export Economy /; Chapter Six. Resources /; Chapter Seven. Subsistence /; Chapter Eight. Administration /; Chapter Nine. Education /; Chapter Ten. New Elites /; Chapter Eleven. Immigrants /; Chapter Twelve. Revivals /; Chapter Thirteen. Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-325) and index.
• ISBN: 1283060558; 9786613060556; 9047432177
• ISSN: 0925-2916
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Roland Wenzlhuemer.

In the early 1880's a disastrous plant disease diminished the yields of the hitherto flourishing coffee plantation of Ceylon. Coincidentally, world market conditions for coffee were becoming increasingly unfavourable. The combination of these factors brought a swift end to coffee cultivation in the British crown colony and pushed the island into a severe economic crisis. When Ceylon re-emerged from this crisis only a decade later, its economy had been thoroughly transformed and now rested on the large-scale cultivation of tea. This book uses the unprecedented intensity and swiftness of this process to highlight the socioeconomic interconnections and dependencies in tropical export economies in the late nineteenth century and it shows how dramatically Ceylonese society was affected by the economic transformation.