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Tastes of Paradise : A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants by Wolfgang Schivelbusch (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10067974438X
ISBN-139780679744382
eBay Product ID (ePID)22038437510
Product Key Features
Book TitleTastes of Paradise : a Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
TopicSpecific Ingredients / Herbs, Spices, Condiments, Social History, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Psychopathology / Addiction, History, Customs & Traditions
IllustratorYes
GenreCooking, Social Science, Psychology, History
AuthorWolfgang Schivelbusch
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-050603
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal394.1/2
SynopsisFrom 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.
LC Classification NumberGT2880 .S3613 1993
