Tastes of Paradise by Wolfgang Schivelbusch [PDF: 067974438X]

Tastes of Paradise by Wolfgang Schivelbusch

Title: Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
Author: Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Pages: 256
Publisher (Publication Date): Vintage Books; unknown edition (June 29, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 067974438X
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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.