Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Huw Bowen

Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester

2 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

CultureChartered companiesTrade monopolies, Former monopoliesHerbal and fungal stimulantsColonial Indian companiesBritish East India CompanyHistory of foreign trade in ChinaDefunct companies of the United Kingdom, Age of SailHistory

  1. Tea

    Melvyn Bragg discusses tea, the first truly global commodity which helped define class and gender, and perhaps more than any other substance has created the culture of modern Britain.

    29 April 2004

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    Also featuring: James Walvin, Amanda Vickery

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    CultureHerbal and fungal stimulants

  2. The East India Company

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the powerful private trading company that redrew the map of India, built an empire and reinvented the fashions and the foodstuffs of Britain.

    26 June 2003

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    Also featuring: Linda Colley, Maria Misra

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    HistoryChartered companiesColonial Indian companiesBritish East India CompanyHistory of foreign trade in ChinaTrade monopolies, Former monopoliesDefunct companies of the United Kingdom, Age of Sail