Sugar in the social life of Medieval Islam / / by Tsugitaka Sato.
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, an...
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| Superior document: | Islamic Area Studies, Volume 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic area studies ;
Volume 1. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004281568 |
| ISSN: | 2214-6555 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Tsugitaka Sato. |