{"product_id":"chocolate-in-mesoamerica-a-cultural-history-of-cacao-9780813033822","title":"Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Society for Economic Botany's Mary W. Klinger Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A triumph of four-field anthropology. Botany, archaeology, linguistics, ethnography, and a small bit of physical anthropology are seamlessly united. . . . Without integration of the fields, few or none of the interesting conclusions in this work could have been reached.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Contains a watershed of interesting and exciting information. . . . For those with a serious interest in food history and foodways, it is an invaluable source of up-to-date information on one of the most beloved and revered foodstuffs in the Americas.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A unique, extremely useful collection on chocolate use in Mesoamerica that sets a standard to follow in the expanding field of cultural food studies.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"McNeil has here assembled an impressive stable of scholars to examine all aspects of cacao development and use in Mesoamerica from its discovery to its use by the modern Maya.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this collection of 21 papers, the authors discuss the linguistic, chemical, agricultural, medicinal, economic and social aspects of the cacao plant, often in exhaustive detail.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCambridge Archaeological Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I highly recommend the book for specialists as well as for the general public interested in knowing more about cacao; the reading is not complicated and is presented from an anthropological perspective.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Ethnopharmacology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane and Arlen Chase.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCameron McNeil, \u003c\/b\u003e adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at Queens College, CUNY, is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Ch'orti' Area: Past and Present\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461294657810,"sku":"9780813033822","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e8a95a8-5be8-471b-a274-8b0ae2ca0e71.jpg?v=1730062532","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chocolate-in-mesoamerica-a-cultural-history-of-cacao-9780813033822","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}