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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | California studies in food and culture ;
45. S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520956957 0520956958 9781306329781 1306329787 |