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

Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679744382)

Vendor: Wolfgang Schivelbusch
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Format: Paperback
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Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants by Schivelbusch, Wolfgang

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

$17.00
Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants by Schivelbusch, Wolfgang

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

$17.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Wolfgang Schivelbusch
ISBN-10: 067974438X
ISBN-13: 9780679744382
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 06/29/1993
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.16w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/17/1993
By Wolfgang Schivelbusch
By Wolfgang Schivelbusch
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch was born in Berlin in 1941 and is a German scholar, historian, and author. In 2003 he was awarded the Heinrich Mann Prize of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. He currently lives in New York.

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