- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 280 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
- Summary
- For the Mughals, Ottomans, and Safavids green was, as it remains for all Muslims, the color of Paradise, reserved for the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. Tapping a wide range of sources, Kris Lane traces the complex web of global trading networks that funneled emeralds from backland South America to populous Asian capitals between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Lane reveals the bloody conquest wars and forced labor regimes that accompanied their production. It is a story of trade, but also of transformations, how members of profoundly different societies at opposite ends of the globe assigned value to a few thousand pounds of imperfectly shiny green rocks.
- Uniform Title
- Colour of paradise (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Colour of paradise (Online)
- Color of paradise
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2009026512
- OCLC
- ssj0000720249
- Author
Lane, Kris E., 1967-
- Title
Colour of paradise [electronic resource] : the emerald in the age of gunpowder empires / Kris Lane.
- Imprint
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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