Empires of the Senses: I wonder what Fareed Zakaria, who was born in India, would think of this?

Fascinating speech. I wonder what Fareed Zakaria, who was born in India, would think of this? Empires of the Senses; How seeing, smelling, touch and taste shaped imperial encounters. ---BBB

Empires of the Senses - Andrew Rotter
Washington, DC
Saturday, May 21, 2011

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations met at the University of Wisconsin this June for their annual conference. Here, the society’s 2010 president, Andrew Rotter, delivers a luncheon talk on how the senses influenced human interactions during the imperial period of the 19th and 20th centuries.

http://c-span.org/Events/Empires-of-the-Senses--Andrew-Rotter/10737421603-1/ --- 45 minutes program.