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Gum Arabic : The Golden Tears of the Acacia Tree by Dorrit van Dalen (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAmsterdam University Press
ISBN-109087283369
ISBN-139789087283360
eBay Product ID (ePID)17038430572
Product Key Features
Number of Pages204 Pages
Publication NameGum Arabic : the Golden Tears of the Acacia Tree
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAfrica / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorDorrit Van Dalen
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2020-366113
ReviewsThis book provides much background knowledge on an omnipresent but elusive subject and includes surprising additional information and insights, even for someone who has been studying the history of gum arabic for years.
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentPreface I Lustre Precious jewels It makes your hair curl Tears of the acacia Gum, balm and resin II Modest gum Glue Ink The best gum sticks to the teeth III Noble gum Rubens' portrait Healing properties Othello's plea To Timbuctoo IV Wealth of Nations Nothing but the pain Nixon's secret Free trade or privilege All anomaly! V The gum wars of the eighteenth century The stakes Brüe and A.li Shanzura Floating watchmen Cumming and A.mar ould A.li Shanzura VI Mystère et boule de gomme Far from here These barbarous meetings A battle of cunning and fraud Impotence and prestige Saint-Louis VII Sudan: the roller-coaster Do the world a favour I saw a man in El Obeid The promised land Manna from heaven VIII Chad: the idea of kitir Purity and danger Land rights and religion The inner circle Arabian nights IX Intangible tears Definitions To stock or to substitute Botany Chemistry Bibliography Index
SynopsisGum Arabic has been seen as a symbol of the "noble Orient" and later as a symbol of trouble. It is the hardened sap of varieties of acacia trees which grow exclusively in the Sahel, an area stretching across the African continent just south of the Sahara. From the time of the Crusades, when Europeans purchased it in Arab countries, it has played an ever-growing role in the global economy. It is now a common ingredient in foods, sodas, and cosmetics. Combining cultural history with travel writing, Dorrit van Dalen follows the fascinating history and shifting meanings assigned to gum Arabic from Shakespeare to Bin Laden and from the Industrial Revolution to a veteran of a recent coup d'état in Chad. She shows that both Western and African civilisations would not be the same without these tears of the acacia.
LC Classification NumberMLCS 2021/42812 (T)
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