Nira Wickramasinghe


Cinnamon

Wickramasinghe, Nira | CINNAMON


En djupgående kulturell historia av kanel, dess globala påverkan och de sociala konsekvenserna i Sri Lanka.

  • Cinnamon utforskar kryddans betydelse genom historien.

  • En djupgående analys av kolonialism och handel.

  • Utgiven som förlagsband.

Utgivningsdatum: 2026-11-05

Bindning: Förlagsband

Bokförlag: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9781917189378

Omfång: 320 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2026-11-05

Förlagets information

The sweeping cultural history of a spice so coveted it launched empires across oceans, reshaped global trade, and bound generations of Sri Lankan peelers to colonial rule. For millennia, cinnamon has been treasured for its healing powers and warm, unmistakable aroma. But behind its familiar scent lies a tumultuous past steeped in conquest and rebellion. In Cinnamon

The sweeping cultural history of a spice so coveted it launched empires across oceans, reshaped global trade, and bound generations of Sri Lankan peelers to colonial rule.

For millennia, cinnamon has been treasured for its healing powers and warm, unmistakable aroma. But behind its familiar scent lies a tumultuous past steeped in conquest and rebellion. In Cinnamon, acclaimed historian Nira Wickramasinghe traces the remarkable story of this 'queen of spices', from ancient Egyptian embalming tables and medieval Mughal kitchens to disastrous expeditions in search of mythical cinnamon lands in the Americas and the fierce imperial rivalries of the Portuguese, Dutch, and British. She reveals how global demand for 'true' cinnamon transformed Sri Lanka, where an entire caste of peelers, neither enslaved nor free, were compelled to harvest the bark under systems of semi-servitude, at times rising up in rebellion.

Drawing on meticulously researched global history and mythology, Wickramasinghe brings to life the smugglers, merchants, cooks, botanists, conquerors, and peelers who built the cinnamon trade. A vivid journey across centuries and continents, Cinnamon is the definitive portrait of a spice through which the turmoil and richness of our world come alive.


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