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Tastes of Paradise : A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
Tastes of Paradise A Social History of Spices Stimulants and Intoxicants
Author: Wolfgang Schivelbusch
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.
ISBN-13: 9780679744382
ISBN-10: 067974438X
Publication Date: 6/29/1993
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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