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About this book
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 his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stage for globalized spice trade.
Traveling along four prominent trade routesâthe Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real (for chiles and chocolate)âNabhan follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from the frankincense-gathering grounds and ancient harbors of the Arabian Peninsula to the port of Zayton on the China Sea to Santa Fe in the southwest United States. His stories, recipes, and linguistic analyses of cultural diffusion routes reveal the extent to which aromatics such as cumin, cinnamon, saffron, and peppers became adopted worldwide as signature ingredients of diverse cuisines. Cumin, Camels, and Caravans demonstrates that two particular desert cultures often depicted in constant conflictâArabs and Jewsâhave spent much of their history collaborating in the spice trade and suggests how a more virtuous multicultural globalized society may be achieved in the future.
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Traveling along four prominent trade routesâthe Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real (for chiles and chocolate)âNabhan follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from the frankincense-gathering grounds and ancient harbors of the Arabian Peninsula to the port of Zayton on the China Sea to Santa Fe in the southwest United States. His stories, recipes, and linguistic analyses of cultural diffusion routes reveal the extent to which aromatics such as cumin, cinnamon, saffron, and peppers became adopted worldwide as signature ingredients of diverse cuisines. Cumin, Camels, and Caravans demonstrates that two particular desert cultures often depicted in constant conflictâArabs and Jewsâhave spent much of their history collaborating in the spice trade and suggests how a more virtuous multicultural globalized society may be achieved in the future.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Recipes
- List of Spice Boxes
- Introduction: The Origin of âSpeciesâ
- 1. Aromas Emanating from the Driest of Places
- 2. Caravans Leaving Arabia Felix
- 3. Uncovering Hidden Outposts in the Desert
- 4. Omanis Rocking the Cradle of Civilization
- 5. Mecca and the Migrations of Muslim and Jewish Traders
- 6. Merging the Spice Routes with the Silk Roads
- 7. The Flourishing of Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Iberia
- 8. The Crumbling of Convivencia and the Rise of Transnational Guilds
- 9. Building Bridges between Continents and Cultures
- 10. Navigating the Maritime Silk Roads from China to Africa
- 11. Vasco da Gama Mastering the Game of Globalization
- 12. Crossing the Drawbridge over the Eastern Ocean
- Epilogue: Culinary Imperialism and Its Alternatives
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index