Many Germans who immigrated to America in the nineteenth century settled in the lower Missouri River valley between St. Charles and Boonville; Missouri. In this magnificent book; which includes some six hundred photographs and drawings; Charles van Ravenswaay examines that immigration—who came; how; and why—and surveys the distinctive Missouri-German architecture; art; and crafts produced in the towns or on the farms of the rural counties of Cooper; Cole; Osage; Gasconade; Franklin; Montgomery; Warren; and St. Charles from the 1830s until the closing years of the century.
#1061778 in Books James A Benn 2015-02-28 2015-02-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x .90 x 6.00l; 1.10 #File Name: 0824839641304 pagesTea in China A Religious and Cultural History
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Tea in Old ChinaBy E. N. AndersonI can only agree 100% with Matthew London's review (the only other one so far). This is a major work. It covers tea in China from the beginning through the Ming Dynasty; it is best on Tang and Song. It draws on a vast range of Chinese sources; almost none of them previously mined in any detail by western writers. It does indeed; as London says; avoid the tired myths; it breaks new ground and provides us new translations throughout. Benn shows that tea was closely associated with Buddhism from the beginning through Song. He provides details on differing ways of brewing the stuff over the centuries. He has some fun with the incredible lengths of tea connoisseurship; which resemble wine snobbery today. For anyone interested in tea; or in the history of Chinese consumption; this is an indispensable book.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy addison mockgreat book0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. ExcellentBy Garriguesexcellent book - well researched; and full of fascinating details
