Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 240 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780679744382
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 10/29/14
- Copyrighted By:
- Carl Hanser, David Jacobson (English translation)
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Psychology, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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