Tastes of Paradise by Wolfgang Schivelbusch

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Tastes of Paradise by Wolfgang Schivelbusch

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.
Wolfgang Schivelbusch, winner of the Heinrich Mann Prize, Germany's most prestigious nonfiction award, is an independent scholar who divides his time between New York and Berlin. His books include The Railway Journey, Disenchanted Night, and The Culture of Defeat (0-312-42319-5), called a work of brooding brilliance by The
New York Times.
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ISBN 13 9780679744382
ISBN 10 067974438X
Title Tastes of Paradise
Author Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 1993-06-29
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.