Sugar in the social life of Medieval Islam / by Tsugitaka Sato.
Tsugitaka Sato 1942-2011 author
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Sugar in the social life of Medieval Islam
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In Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam Tsugitaka Sato explores the actual day-to-day life in medieval Muslim societies through different aspects of sugar. Drawing from a wealth of historical sources - chronicles, geographies, travel accounts, biographies, medical and pharmacological texts, and more - he describes sugarcane cultivation, sugar production, the sugar trade, and sugar’s use as a sweetener, a medicine, and a symbol of power. He gives us a new perspective on the history of the Middle East, as well as the history of sugar across the world. This book is a posthumous work by a leading scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies in Japan who made many contributions to this field.
| Title |
Sugar in the social life of Medieval Islam / by Tsugitaka Sato. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Leiden, Netherlands : Brill |
| Creation Date |
2015 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Content |
Preliminary Material -- Prologue -- 1 The Origin and Expansion of Sugar Production in the Islamic World -- 2 From Red Sugar to White Sugar: Sugar Production Technology -- 3 On Camels and Ships: Sugar as Commodity -- 4 The Ups and Downs of the Sugar Merchants -- 5 Sugar as Medicine -- 6 Sugar and Power: Festivals and Gifts from Royalty -- 7 Cooking Innovations in Medieval Islam -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Series |
Islamic Area Studies, 2214-6555 Volume 1 |
| Extent |
1 online resource |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2015 |
| National Library system number |
997010703402805171 |
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