Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
Publishing Details
Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
By (Author) Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Random House USA Inc
Vintage Books
7th September 1993
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Sociology
Cultural studies: customs and traditions
Social and cultural history
394.12
Physical Properties
256
Width 132mm, Height 203mm, Spine 15mm
221g
Description
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.
Author Bio
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.
