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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/29/1993
ISBN: 9780679744382
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.16w x 0.52d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/17/1993