02245nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10579322 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090710s2010 ctuabf sb 001 0 eng d 2009026512 9780300161311 (cloth alk. paper) 030016131X (cloth alk. paper) 9780300164701 (cl alk. paper) 9780300164701 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)808346482 e-sp--- s-ck--- e-po--- TN997.E5 L36 2010eb 553.8/609 22 Lane, Kris E., 1967- Colour of paradise [electronic resource] : the emerald in the age of gunpowder empires / Kris Lane. Color of paradise New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010. xiv, 280 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Emeralds Spain Colonies History. Emeralds Colombia History. Inquisition Spain. Inquisition Portugal. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579322 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 86454 86454