Sugar in the social life of medieval islam /

Sugar in the social life of medieval islam /

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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Main Author: Satō, Tsugitaka, 1942-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2015]

Series: Islamic Area Studies 1.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

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Sugar > Social aspects > Islamic empire.
Islamic empire > Social life and customs.

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Call Number: GT2869 .S28 2015

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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.