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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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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
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
California studies in food and culture ; 45
The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
California 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
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