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Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
by Schivelbusch, Wolfgang
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0394579844
- ISBN 13
- 9780394579849
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About This Item
Pantheon Books, 1992. Hardcover. New. 236 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Revaluation Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1-0394579844
- Title
- Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
- Author
- Schivelbusch, Wolfgang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394579844
- ISBN 13
- 9780394579849
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
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