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"Based on an impressive collection of archaeological data and textual sources in many languages, Muthukumaran provides an inspiring voyage in space and time. . . . this original and innovative book provides a significant contribution to the growing literature on East-West connectivity in antiquity." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

Table of Contents
Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

Introduction
1. The Historical Context
2. Wool from Trees: Cotton
3. The Golden Grain: Asiatic Rice
4. Persian “Apples”: Citruses
5. Familiar but Foreign: Eastern Cucurbits
6. The Egyptian Bean: The Sacred Lotus
7. A Forgotten Tuber: Taro
8. Timber for God and King: Sissoo
9. How to Turn Tropical

References
Index

The Tropical Turn

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 14/03/2023
      ISBN13: 9780520390843, 978-0520390843
      ISBN10: 0520390849
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      Asian history Cultural studies: food and society

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Based on an impressive collection of archaeological data and textual sources in many languages, Muthukumaran provides an inspiring voyage in space and time. . . . this original and innovative book provides a significant contribution to the growing literature on East-West connectivity in antiquity." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

      Table of Contents
      Contents

      List of Illustrations
      Preface and Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations

      Introduction
      1. The Historical Context
      2. Wool from Trees: Cotton
      3. The Golden Grain: Asiatic Rice
      4. Persian “Apples”: Citruses
      5. Familiar but Foreign: Eastern Cucurbits
      6. The Egyptian Bean: The Sacred Lotus
      7. A Forgotten Tuber: Taro
      8. Timber for God and King: Sissoo
      9. How to Turn Tropical

      References
      Index

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