Book Nomination –
I was looking for a commodity that would capture my
attention and interest. I wanted a commodity
story that revealed a little more of the world and maybe not so important as a
consumable. I wanted to come across a
book that gave me a dose of meaning in an Appadurain way and a niche into lands
and times not really explored by our readings so far this semester or in my personal
studies. I found this in the book
presented by Kirsten de Roos - TulipoMania: The Story of the
World’s Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused. I
am very interested in the interaction of the central Asian empires and their
neighbors in the pre and early modern era.
Also, I was in Amsterdam during Easter as a boy and remember the sea of tulips in various parks. I would like to know more about the
back-story and history of how this flower came to fame and why. Kirsten
reviewed this book as a very interesting and well written story – who can turn
that down? I am in for TulipoMania.
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Kent
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