Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and IntoxicantsFrom 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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User Review - wealhtheowwylfing - LibraryThingA history of stimulants and intoxicants in Europe and America over the last two thousand years, with especial focus to the impacts of colonialism and the industrial revolution. Full of fascinating ... Read full review
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User Review - Kellswitch - LibraryThing"A well written and informative book without being overwhelming. This isn't the most in depth book or look at these topics but it did give me some new perspectives on trade and goods, especially "addictive" goods than I had before." Read full review
Contents
Spices or the Dawn of the Modern Age | 3 |
Coffee and the Protestant Ethic | 15 |
The Significance or Alcohol before the Seventeenth Century | 22 |
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| Title | Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants |
| Author | Wolfgang Schivelbusch |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1993 |
| ISBN | 067974438X, 9780679744382 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › Cooking / History History / Social History Social Science / Agriculture & Food |
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