| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
California studies in food and culture ; 45 |
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The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies |
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California studies in food and culture ; 45.
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction : The origin of "species"-- Aromas emanating from the driest of places -- Caravans leaving Arabia Felix -- Uncovering hidden outposts in the desert -- Omanis rocking the cradle of civilization -- Mecca and the migrations of Muslim and Jewish traders -- Merging the spice routes with the Silk Roads -- The flourishing of cross-cultural collaboration in Iberia -- The crumbling of convivencia and the rise of transnational guilds -- Building bridges between continents and cultures -- Navigating the maritime silk roads from China to Africa -- Vasco da Gama mastering the game of globalization -- Crossing the drawbridge over the eastern ocean -- Epilogue : Culinary imperialism and its alternatives |
| Summary |
Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family's history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and an ethnobotanical exploration of spices and their uses, Nabhan describes the critically important roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stages for globalized spice trade. Traveling along four prominent trade routes-the Silk Road, and the Frankincense Trail |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Spice trade.
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Spice trade -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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COOKING -- History.
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Spice trade
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520956957 |
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0520956958 |
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9781306329781 |
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1306329787 |
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