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Tastes of Paradise

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

1st Vintage Books Edition

Paperback (29 Jun 1993)

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Publisher's 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780679744382
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Vintage Books
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Vintage Books Edition
DEWEY: 394.12
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 236
Weight: 220g
Height: 133mm
Width: 203mm
Spine width: 11mm