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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Satō, Tsugitaka, 1942-2011, author.

Series:

Islamic area studies ; Volume 1.

Islamic Area Studies, 2214-6555 ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sugar--Social aspects--Islamic empire.

Sugar.

Islamic Empire--Social life and customs.

Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2015.

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-28156-8

OCLC:

895257338

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004281561 DOI