Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
By (author): "David Jacobson, Wolfgang Schivelbusch"
Publish Date:
1980
ISBN067974438X
ISBN139780679744382
AsinTastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
Original titleDas Paradies, der Geschmack und die Vernunft : eine Geschichte der Genussmittel
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.