Cumin, camels, and caravans : a spice odyssey

Cumin, camels, and caravans : a spice odyssey /

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...

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Main Author: Nabhan, Gary Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Series:California studies in food and culture ; 45.
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
Subjects:
Spice trade.
Spice trade > History.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)

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505 0 |a 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. 
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