by Carson I. A. Ritchie · Alianza. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420646480
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«La búsqueda de las especias» is the historical essay by Carson I. A. Ritchie published by Alianza in paperback (64 pages, in Spanish).
The essay studies the role of food in social history: it links the race for spices with the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the West, recalls that Captain Cook fought scurvy with lemon juice and fermented cabbage, and notes that chocolate was one of the drinks that drove the European Enlightenment.
The work, published in 1994, is number 48 of the Alianza Cien collection from Alianza Editorial (ISBN 9788420646480).
For readers interested in social history and in short essays that show how food has conditioned historical processes.
