Sugar in the social life of Medieval Islam / / by Tsugitaka Sato

• Autore: Satō Tsugitaka <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 641.3/36
• Soggetto topico: Sugar - Social aspects - Islamic empire
• Soggetto geografico: Islamic Empire Social life and customs
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sugar in the social life of Medieval Islam
• ISBN: 90-04-28156-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810413303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Islamic area studies ; ; Volume 1.