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Cumin, Camels, and Caravans
Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family’s history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stage for globalized spice trade. Traveling along four prominent trade routes—the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real (for chiles and chocolate)—Nabhan follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from the frankincense-gathering ...
Café Caribe: historia y economía de la caficultura en la Gran Cuenca del Caribe, siglos XVIII-XXI
La lectura de esta obra permite conocer, a través de doce capítulos, las dinámicas sociales y económicas de la caficultura en la Gran Cuenca del Caribe, esta macrorregión que nuestro nobel de literatura Gabriel García Márquez delimitó entre el golfo de México, Centroamérica, Antillas Mayores y Menores, norte de Suramérica y nordeste de Brasil, desde que llegaron a esa región los primeros granos traídos por franceses y holandeses hace 300 años, una historia que ha sido poco conocida hasta ahora. Así pues, el libro relata que la isla de Martinica y la Guayana Holandesa fueron los sitios iniciales donde se sembró café por primera vez en América; que Haití, Cuba o Puerto Rico fueron durante algunos años los principales exportadores de café a nivel mundial; que a este último y a Jamaica fueron traídas varias familias para trabajar en los cafetales de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, que Jamaica o Panamá producen uno de los cafés de mayor cotización en el mercado internacional, y otros hechos y acontecimientos notables relacionados con el consumo y mercadeo del café en el territorio analizado.
Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c.1050–1614
An innovative study which explores how the presence of Muslim communities transformed Europe and stimulated Christian society to define itself.
Mexicans at Arms
The decades that followed independence from Spain in 1821 transformed Mexico from a strong, stable colony to a republic suffering from economic decline, political turmoil, regional divisions and class hatred. This chaotic state hindered efforts of the young republic to meet the aggressive expansionism of the United States between 1845 and 1848. Pedro Santoni sheds new light on Mexican political history during the conflict - a much neglected subject - through a comprehensive examination of the only Mexican political bloc that wanted war with the United States. Led by Valentin Gomez Farias, this faction was the radical federalists, who in 1846 took the name of puros. Santoni demonstrates the r...
Ethnic Entrepreneurs, Crony Capitalism, and the Making of the Franco-Mexican Elite
A groundbreaking historical narrative of corruption and economic success in Mexico Ethnic Entrepreneurs, Crony Capitalism, and the Making of the Franco-Mexican Elite provides a new way to understand the scope and impact of crony capitalism on institutional development in Mexico. Beginning with the Porfiriato, the period between 1876 and 1911 named for the rule of President Porfirio Díaz, José Galindo identifies how certain behavioral patterns of the Mexican political and economic elite have repeated over the years, and analyzes aspects of the political economy that have persisted, shaping and at times curtailing Mexico’s economic development. Strong links between entrepreneurs and politi...
Mex-Ciné
A multidisciplinary investigation of contemporary Mexican cinema
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A Companion to Golden Age Theatre
Spain's artistic Golden Age produced Cervantes's great novel, Don Quijote, the sublime poetry of Quevedo and G ngora, and nurtured the prodigious talent of Vel zquez, and yet it was the theatre that captured the imagination of its people. Men and women of all social classes flocked to the new playhouses to see and hear the latest offerings of their favourite dramatists, and to be seen and heard. As well as dealing with the lives and major works of the most significant playwrights of the period - Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Miguel de Cervantes, Calder n de la Barca - the Companion focusses on other aspects of the growth and maturing of Golden Age theatre, reflecting the interests and priorities of modern scholarship. These include: the sixteenth-century origins of the comedia nueva; the lesser-known dramatists, including women playwrights; life in the theatre; the Corpus Christi street theatre and minor genres; performance studies; and the critical reception of the drama. The Companion also contains a guide to comedia versification, a full bibliography and advice on further reading. JONATHAN THACKER is a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
