{"product_id":"seeds-of-wealth-five-plants-that-made-men-rich-paperback","title":"Seeds of Wealth: Five Plants That Made Men Rich - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Hobhouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeds of Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of elegant essays focusing on the economic and cultural consequences of the exploitation of timber, tobacco, rubber, and the wine grape. These cash crops have had, for the past three centuries, a profound effect on our world. In this intriguing account, Hobhouse illustrates how timber deficiency sparked an industrial revolution, tobacco lead to a wealthy and young nation, the rubber tree created nations, and wine provided the head, heart, and pocketbook with wealth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book offers proof of how the seemingly irrelevant can have widespread unintended consequences. In presenting global history from his own perspective, Henry Hobhouse offers an overview of how nature has unwittingly contributed to the creation of human wealth and economic growth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Hobhouse\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Somerset, England in 1924 and was educated at Eton. He worked as a journalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and was one of the first directors of CBS-TV News. In 1954, he returned to his farm in Somerset. He died in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52626423021875,"sku":"9781593760892","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZU16Z2Yyc3VGcEs5RzVoYjZOZ2E0dz09.webp?v=1762070193","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/seeds-of-wealth-five-plants-that-made-men-rich-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}