Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind
| Author | Henry Hobhouse |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Human history, Plants |
| Publisher | Sidgwick & Jackson (1st edition), Papermac (2nd edition) |
Publication date | 1985 (1st edition), 1999 (2nd edition) |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 381 pages (2nd edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-333-73628-1 (2nd edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 40753070 |
Seeds of Change: Five plants that transformed mankind is a 1985 book by Henry Hobhouse which explained how the history of the world since Columbus linked America to Europe has been changed by five plants.[1] Hobhouse (1924- 2016) had been a journalist for The Economist, News Chronicle, Daily Express, and the Wall Street Journal. He was a consultant to the Quincentenary of Columbus Exhibition, Smithsonian Institution, and Chairman of the Rerstmoceux Science Centre. He was also a farmer and Seeds of change described how mankind's discovery, usage and trade of sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, and quinine have influenced history to make the modern world.
In the second edition of the book, Seeds of Change: Six plants that transformed mankind, he adds the coca plant to the list. In 2004, he published a follow-up book Seeds of Wealth: Four Plants That Made Men Rich covering timber, wine, rubber, and tobacco.
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- ↑ "Henry Hobhouse, author - obituary". Daily Telegraph. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
Preface to the book