Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
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Random House , pp. 256 . Papeback. New.
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From the extravagant use of pepper in the Middle Ages to the Protestant bourgeoisie’s love of coffee to the reason why fashionable Europeans stopped sniffing tobacco and starting smoking it, Schivelbusch looks at how the appetite for pleasure transformed the social structure of the Old World. Illustrations.
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- Title
- Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
- Author
- Wolfgang Schivelbusch
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- Papeback
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- Paperback
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- 067974438X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679744382
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- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- pp. 256
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