OP: Capsicum y Cultura

Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. First printing.

You spice fiends are in for a treat here! 

This slim paperback, published in 1986 as the author’s doctoral dissertation, delves fully into the world of chili peppers—the history, the science, the geography, the cultivation, and the cultural impact, particularly throughout its native Mesoamerica. 

Whether your interest lies in protecting a baby from evil forces which might cause blindness (by making the sign of the cross over its first bath with a piece of chili and piru palm tree branch), the market impact of drought in the 18th century (skyrocketing chili costs, despite price regulation for other agricultural staples), or in the different Indigenous words for chili (cokinda, kò’o-ko-ri, ich, cal cashi…), Capsicum y Cultura has something for everyone—or everything for someone.

Ours is the first printing, issued in paperback, in Very Good condition. Lightly shelfworn. In Spanish only.