Seeds of change (book)

Seeds of change (book)

Infobox Book
name = Seeds of Change


image_caption =
author = Henry Hobhouse
country = United Kingdom
language = English
subject = Human history, Plants
publisher = Sidgwick & Jackson (1st edition), Papermac (2nd edition)
release_date = 1985 (1st edition), 1999 (2nd edition)
media_type = Paperback
pages = 381 pages (2nd edition, paperback)
isbn = ISBN 0-333-73628-1 (2nd edition, paperback)

"Seeds of Change: Five plants that transformed mankind" is a 1985 book by Henry Hobhouse, formerly a journalist for The Economist, News Chronicle, Daily Express, and Wall Street Journal and consultant to the Quincentenary of Columbus Exhibition, Smithonian Institution, Washington DC, and Chairman of the Rerstmoceux Science Centre. Seeds of change attempts to give an insight on how mankind's discovery, usage and trade of sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, and quinine have influenced history to make the world that we know. In the second edition of the book, "Seeds of Change: Six plants that transformed mankind", he adds the coca plant to the list.

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Preface to the book


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