{"product_id":"sugar-in-the-social-life-tsugitaka-sato-9789004277526","title":"Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam","description":"In \u003ci\u003eSugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a posthumous work by a leading scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies in Japan who made many contributions to this field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tsugitaka Sato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004277528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004277526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Tsugitaka Sato","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48446519804159,"sku":"9789004277526","price":181.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b913bdc-2f6a-4aed-b23b-265ed886e819.jpg?v=1777225182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sugar-in-the-social-life-tsugitaka-sato-9789004277526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}