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Cumin, camels, and caravans : a spice odyssey
- Title
- Cumin, camels, and caravans : a spice odyssey / Gary Paul Nabhan.
- Author
- Nabhan, Gary Paul
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- California studies in food and culture ; 45
- The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- Uniform Title
- California studies in food and culture ; 45.
- S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-2767
- ISBN
- 9780520267206 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520267206 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520956957 (e-book)
- 0520956958 (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2013032714
- OCLC
- 857234328
- Author
- Nabhan, Gary Paul, author.
- Title
- Cumin, camels, and caravans : a spice odyssey / Gary Paul Nabhan.
- Publisher
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- California studies in food and culture ; 45The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studiesCalifornia studies in food and culture ; 45.S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-2767