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Walter Edgar's Journal: Tea and the American Revolution, 1773–1776

Walter Edgar's Journal: Tea and the American Revolution, 1773–1776

Update: 2024-03-15
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<figure>Boston Tea Party, State House Mural, Boston, Mass.<figcaption> Boston Tea Party, State House Mural, Boston, Mass.(Detroit Publishing Company postcards / NY Public Library)</figcaption></figure>

On the Journal this week we will be talking with Robert James Fichter about his book, Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773–1776.

Fitcher says that despite the so-called Boston Tea Party in 1773, two large shipments of tea from the East India Company survived and were ultimately drunk in North America. Their survival shaped the politics of the years ahead, impeded efforts to reimburse the company for the tea lost in Boston Harbor, and hinted at the enduring potency of consumerism in revolutionary politics.

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Walter Edgar's Journal: Tea and the American Revolution, 1773–1776

Walter Edgar's Journal: Tea and the American Revolution, 1773–1776

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