Green Gold -- The Legend of Plants Creating Wealth

Author: (British) Herbert Hoover
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The lack of timber contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Britain, while the abundance of timber also fostered the early success of the United States; wine brought wealth to France while also adding a touch of elegance and indulgence to that wealth; rubber initially brought prosperity to Southeast Asia but ultimately became the money tree for the automotive industries in Europe and America; tobacco, though widely known as a public nuisance, generated enormous profits for both tobacco merchants and governments in every country. This book introduces much knowledge about the relationship between Britain and America. Their commercial ties are as important, or even more important, as their political relations. Critics can confidently assert the degree to which they are centered around Britain, and they are correct. Without Britain, America would be like Mexico; without those thirteen colonies, Britain would have become poorer, and the source of wealth would have occurred elsewhere.