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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Format: Trade Paperback
Author: Schivelbusch, Wolfgang
ISBN: 9780679744382
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.05 x 0.52
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Year: 1993

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

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