Name: Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
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Author: Wolfgang Schivelbusch
ISBN: 9780679744382

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Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Vintage Books

Author

Wolfgang Schivelbusch

Year

1993

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

067974438X

ISBN13

9780679744382

Synopsis "Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants"

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.