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Author Nabhan, Gary Paul, author.
Title Cumin, camels, and caravans : a spice odyssey / Gary Paul Nabhan.
Publisher Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]


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Descript xiv, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
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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.
ISBN 9780520267206 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520267206 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520956957 (e-book)
0520956958 (e-book)
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Author Nabhan, Gary Paul, author.
Series California studies in food and culture ; 45
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Subject Spice trade.
Spice trade -- History.
Spice trade.
Descript xiv, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Content text
still image
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
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.
ISBN 9780520267206 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520267206 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520956957 (e-book)
0520956958 (e-book)
Author Nabhan, Gary Paul, author.
Series California studies in food and culture ; 45
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Subject Spice trade.
Spice trade -- History.
Spice trade.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  HD9210.A2 N33 2014  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  HD9210.A2 N33 2014  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
2 copies being processed for BJL.

Subject Spice trade.
Spice trade -- History.
Spice trade.
Descript xiv, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Content text
still image
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
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.
ISBN 9780520267206 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520267206 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520956957 (e-book)
0520956958 (e-book)
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