Tastes of Paradise

Tastes of Paradise
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 067974438X
ISBN-13 : 9780679744382
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Tastes of Paradise by : Wolfgang Schivelbusch

Download or read book Tastes of Paradise written by Wolfgang Schivelbusch and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1993-06-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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