Thursday, July 17, 2014

Cumin, Camels, and Caravans

A Spice Odyssey
...spanning continents and millennia and
exploring how the emergence and development
of the spice trade set in motion the process of
globalization. Traveling along the four prominent
trade routes-the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail,
and Spice Route, and the Camino Real (for chiles
and chocolate) -Nabhan follows the caravans of
itinerant spice merchants....



















University of California Press