02245nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003700112020003400149020003400183020002700217040002100244035002100265043003000286050002500316082001800341100002600359245010700385246002200492260005600514300007300570504005100643520068800694533015201382650004001534650003301574650002401607650002701631655002901658710001701687856012601704999001701830ebr10579322CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090710s2010    ctuabf  sb    001 0 eng d  z  2009026512  z9780300161311 (cloth alk. paper)  z030016131X (cloth alk. paper)  z9780300164701 (cl alk. paper)  z9780300164701 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)808346482  ae-sp---as-ck---ae-po---14aTN997.E5bL36 2010eb04a553.8/6092221 aLane, Kris E.,d1967-10aColour of paradiseh[electronic resource] :bthe emerald in the age of gunpowder empires /cKris Lane.3 aColor of paradise  aNew Haven [Conn.] :bYale University Press,cc2010.  axiv, 280 p., [16] p. of plates :bill. (some col.), maps (some col.)  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aFor 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aEmeraldszSpainxColoniesxHistory. 0aEmeraldszColombiaxHistory. 0aInquisitionzSpain. 0aInquisitionzPortugal. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579322zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c86454d86454