Erika D. Rappaport

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Erika D. Rappaport is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Urbanization of Empire: Plantation, Space, and Racial Terror

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Mazawattee Tea advertisement, circa 1890. "...the biggest Tea Duty Cheque on Record..."

Tea and the Imperial Origins of the Modern Consumer

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Urbanization of Empire: Plantation, Space, and Racial Terror

Gabriel Cruz , Rebeca Barros Passos, Igor Thiago Silva de Sousa

February 11, 2026

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Jaime A. Alves

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