Between Boston and Bombay: Cultural and Commercial Encounters of Yankees and Parsis, 1771-1865 by Jenny Rose. Published in 2019 by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Nature Swizerland A G, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330, Cham, Switzerland. Pp: xx+328. Price: US $ 84.99/€ 72.79.
Jenny Rose’s (pictured) book opens with a tantalizing question: were American Pilgrims and Puritans consuming spices from India in the early 17th century? The answer is yes: at least by 1629, less than three decades after the establishment of the English East India Company (EIC) and nine years after the voyage of the Mayflower, Indian pepper, cloves and cinnamon......