“The volume makes a significant contribution to the social scientific and humanities literature on commodity cultivation in Asia and farmer livelihood strategies in the face of perpetual vulnerability…. [The visually rich 'story maps'] are good teasers for an edited volume that appeals to a wide audience: undergraduate students across a variety of discipline-specific courses that address and confront commodity chains, area studies, or critical food studies; scholars seeking to further their knowledge of state tensions, ethnic minority communities, agriculture, and farmer livelihood in the shadow of agrarian change; and anyone who wants to make sense of the spices in their own home.”
