Tulips, I think

I'll throw my support (if anywhere) behind TulipoMania: The Story of the World’s Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused. In some ways, the tulip (from what I know) represents the first capitalist bubble; once the flower fell out of demand, many found themselves out of money with nothing but a bulb to show for it. Perhaps this book has the potential to showcase the rise and fall of commodities and how it can tie economies together. Also, I have never thought of tulips as being anything other than European, so on a deeper level, it can also explore how commodities become redefined, even fetishised, by another culture.  I'm guessing many of us can only picture Holland when we think of the flower, not inhospitable terran. 

So, to restate my title, I think I would like to read about Tulips.