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

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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.

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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.

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  • Title Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
  • Author Wolfgang Schivelbusch
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.s.a.
  • Publication date 1993-06-29
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780679744382 / 067974438X
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.05 x 5.16 x 0.52 in (20.45 x 13.11 x 1.32 cm)
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Drug abuse, Spices
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92050603
  • Dewey Decimal Code 394.12

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  • Publishers Weekly, 05/17/1993, Page 0

About the author

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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