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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Table of Contents:
- 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.