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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House USA INC International Concepts
ISBN-139780679744382
eBay Product ID (ePID)168103034
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameTastes of Paradise: a Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSociology, Anthropology, History
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
AuthorWolfgang Schivelbusch
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height203 mm
Item Weight238 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorWolfgang Schivelbusch